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The Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 1934: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on August 15, 1934Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 August 1934392,321 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 15, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.3% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
392,321 km243,777 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1934 is on Friday, August 24, 1934 at 19:37 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 10, 1934 at 08:46 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 10, 193408:46
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 18, 193404:33

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Wednesday, August 15, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 1934 to the new moon of September 9, 1934, a cycle of 29.65 days.