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The Moon on Friday, August 9, 1901: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 26.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on August 9, 1901Waning Crescent

Friday 9 August 1901372,140 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 9, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.4% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
372,140 km231,237 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1901 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1901 at 10:34 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1901 at 08:27 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Friday, August 9, 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.