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The Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 1937: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on August 4, 1937Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 August 1937367,428 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 4, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
367,428 km228,309 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1937 is on Friday, July 23, 1937 at 12:46 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 6, 1937 at 12:37 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 30, 193718:47
New Moon (after)Friday, August 6, 193712:37

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Wednesday, August 4, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 1937 to the new moon of August 6, 1937, a cycle of 29.35 days.