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The Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on August 24, 1944Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 August 1944401,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 24, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.5% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
401,520 km249,493 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1944 is on Saturday, September 2, 1944 at 20:21 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 18, 1944 at 20:25 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 18, 194420:25
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 26, 194423:39

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Thursday, August 24, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 18, 1944 to the new moon of September 17, 1944, a cycle of 29.68 days.