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The Moon on Thursday, August 23, 1900: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on August 23, 1900Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 August 1900399,534 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 23, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
399,534 km248,259 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1900 is on Friday, August 10, 1900 at 21:30 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 25, 1900 at 03:53 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Thursday, August 23, 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.