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The Moon on Wednesday, August 8, 1900: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on August 8, 1900Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 8 August 1900372,681 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 8, 1900, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.2% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
372,681 km231,573 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1900 is on Friday, August 10, 1900 at 21:30 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 26, 1900 at 13:43 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 3, 190016:46
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 10, 190021:30

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Wednesday, August 8, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 26, 1900 to the new moon of August 25, 1900, a cycle of 29.59 days.