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The Moon on Saturday, August 24, 2019: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on August 24, 2019Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 August 2019384,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 24, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.0% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
384,070 km238,650 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2019 is on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 12:29 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:37 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 23, 201914:56
New Moon (after)Friday, August 30, 201910:37

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Saturday, August 24, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 2019 to the new moon of August 30, 2019, a cycle of 29.31 days.