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The Moon on Monday, August 23, 1943: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

22.3days

Moon phase on August 23, 1943Waning Crescent

Monday 23 August 1943395,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 23, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.8% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
395,209 km245,571 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1943 is on Sunday, August 15, 1943 at 19:34 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 30, 1943 at 20:00 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 22, 194316:05
New Moon (after)Monday, August 30, 194320:00

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Monday, August 23, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 1943 to the new moon of August 30, 1943, a cycle of 29.66 days.