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The Moon on Sunday, August 24, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on August 24, 1941Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 August 1941371,047 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 24, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.8% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
371,047 km230,558 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1941 is on Friday, September 5, 1941 at 17:36 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 22, 1941 at 18:34 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 22, 194118:34
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 29, 194114:04

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Sunday, August 24, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1941 to the new moon of September 21, 1941, a cycle of 29.42 days.