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The Moon on Thursday, August 20, 1903: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on August 20, 1903Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 August 1903360,378 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 20, 1903, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
360,378 km223,928 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1903 is on Saturday, August 8, 1903 at 08:54 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1903 at 19:51 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 16, 190305:23
New Moon (after)Saturday, August 22, 190319:51

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Thursday, August 20, 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.