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The Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 1943: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on August 24, 1943Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 August 1943399,396 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 24, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.3% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
399,396 km248,173 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1943 is on Sunday, August 15, 1943 at 19:34 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 30, 1943 at 20:00 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Tuesday, August 24, 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.