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The Moon on Wednesday, August 28, 1901: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on August 28, 1901Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 28 August 1901376,507 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 28, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
376,507 km233,950 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1901 is on Thursday, August 29, 1901 at 20:21 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1901 at 08:27 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Wednesday, August 28, 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.