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The Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1903: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Last Quarter at

05:23UTC

Moon phase on August 16, 1903Last Quarter

Sunday 16 August 1903377,921 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 16, 1903, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.1% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
377,921 km234,829 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1903 is on Saturday, August 8, 1903 at 08:54 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1903 at 19:51 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 8, 190308:54
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, August 16, 190305:23
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 22, 190319:51

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Sunday, August 16, 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.