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The Moon on Thursday, August 15, 1901: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on August 15, 1901Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 August 1901390,381 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 15, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
390,381 km242,572 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1901 is on Thursday, August 29, 1901 at 20:21 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1901 at 08:27 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 14, 190108:27
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 22, 190107:52

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Thursday, August 15, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 1901 to the new moon of September 12, 1901, a cycle of 29.54 days.