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The Moon on Friday, August 21, 1903: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on August 21, 1903Waning Crescent

Friday 21 August 1903358,848 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 21, 1903, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
358,848 km222,977 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 1903 is on Saturday, August 8, 1903 at 08:54 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1903 at 19:51 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Friday, August 21, 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.