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The Moon on Monday, August 20, 1900: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on August 20, 1900Waning Crescent

Monday 20 August 1900389,313 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 20, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.2% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
389,313 km241,908 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1900 is on Friday, August 10, 1900 at 21:30 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 25, 1900 at 03:53 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 17, 190011:46
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 25, 190003:53

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Monday, August 20, 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.