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The Moon on Thursday, August 21, 1941: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on August 21, 1941Waning Crescent

Thursday 21 August 1941381,964 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 21, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
381,964 km237,342 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 1941 is on Thursday, August 7, 1941 at 05:38 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 22, 1941 at 18:34 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Thursday, August 21, 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.