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The Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 1900: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on August 15, 1900Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 15 August 1900367,137 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 15, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.0% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
367,137 km228,128 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1900 is on Friday, August 10, 1900 at 21:30 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 25, 1900 at 03:53 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 10, 190021:30
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 17, 190011:46

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Wednesday, August 15, 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.