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The Moon on Friday, August 17, 1900: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Last Quarter at

11:46UTC

Moon phase on August 17, 1900Last Quarter

Friday 17 August 1900375,905 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 17, 1900, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.0% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
375,905 km233,577 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1900 is on Friday, August 10, 1900 at 21:30 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 25, 1900 at 03:53 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 10, 190021:30
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, August 17, 190011:46
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 25, 190003:53

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Friday, August 17, 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.