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The Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 1903: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on August 5, 1903Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 August 1903405,476 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 5, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.6% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
405,476 km251,951 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1903 is on Saturday, August 8, 1903 at 08:54 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 24, 1903 at 12:46 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 31, 190307:15
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 8, 190308:54

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Wednesday, August 5, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 24, 1903 to the new moon of August 22, 1903, a cycle of 29.30 days.