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The Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1900: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on August 29, 1900Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 29 August 1900405,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 29, 1900, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.3% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
405,145 km251,745 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1900 is on Sunday, September 9, 1900 at 05:06 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 25, 1900 at 03:53 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 25, 190003:53
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 2, 190007:56

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Wednesday, August 29, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 1900 to the new moon of September 23, 1900, a cycle of 29.67 days.