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The Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 1941: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on August 19, 1941Waning Crescent

Tuesday 19 August 1941391,429 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 19, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.0% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
391,429 km243,222 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1941 is on Thursday, August 7, 1941 at 05:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 22, 1941 at 18:34 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 15, 194101:40
New Moon (after)Friday, August 22, 194118:34

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Tuesday, August 19, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 1941 to the new moon of August 22, 1941, a cycle of 29.45 days.