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The Moon on Thursday, August 23, 1934: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on August 23, 1934Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 August 1934358,799 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 23, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
358,799 km222,947 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1934 is on Friday, August 24, 1934 at 19:37 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 10, 1934 at 08:46 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 18, 193404:33
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 24, 193419:37

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Thursday, August 23, 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.