Skip to content
The Moon on Friday, August 23, 1901: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on August 23, 1901Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 August 1901400,148 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 23, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.3% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
400,148 km248,640 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1901 is on Thursday, August 29, 1901 at 20:21 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1901 at 08:27 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 22, 190107:52
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 29, 190120:21

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Friday, August 23, 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.