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The Moon on Thursday, August 8, 1901: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on August 8, 1901Waning Crescent

Thursday 8 August 1901370,792 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 8, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.9% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
370,792 km230,400 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1901 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1901 at 10:34 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1901 at 08:27 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 7, 190108:02
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 14, 190108:27

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Thursday, August 8, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1901 to the new moon of August 14, 1901, a cycle of 29.43 days.