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The Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1903: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on August 6, 1903Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 6 August 1903406,201 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 6, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
406,201 km252,401 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1903 is on Saturday, August 8, 1903 at 08:54 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 24, 1903 at 12:46 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Thursday, August 6, 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.