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The Moon on Sunday, August 29, 1943: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on August 29, 1943Waning Crescent

Sunday 29 August 1943405,550 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 29, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
405,550 km251,997 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1943 is on Sunday, August 15, 1943 at 19:34 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 30, 1943 at 20:00 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Sunday, August 29, 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.