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The Moon on Monday, August 23, 1937: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on August 23, 1937Waning Gibbous

Monday 23 August 1937378,553 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 23, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
378,553 km235,222 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1937 is on Sunday, August 22, 1937 at 00:47 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 4, 1937 at 22:54 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 22, 193700:47
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 28, 193723:55

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Monday, August 23, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 1937 to the new moon of September 4, 1937, a cycle of 29.43 days.