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The Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1900: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on August 16, 1900Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 August 1900371,324 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 16, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.1% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
371,324 km230,730 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1900 is on Friday, August 10, 1900 at 21:30 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 25, 1900 at 03:53 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Thursday, August 16, 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.