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The Moon on Friday, August 16, 1901: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on August 16, 1901Waxing Crescent

Friday 16 August 1901394,297 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 16, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
394,297 km245,005 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1901 is on Thursday, August 29, 1901 at 20:21 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1901 at 08:27 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Friday, August 16, 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.