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The Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 1900: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on May 8, 1900Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 8 May 1900404,686 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 8, 1900, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.1% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
404,686 km251,460 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1900 is on Monday, May 14, 1900 at 15:37 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 29, 1900 at 05:23 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 6, 190013:39
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 14, 190015:37

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Tuesday, May 8, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1900 to the new moon of May 28, 1900, a cycle of 29.39 days.