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The Moon on Sunday, August 23, 1903: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

30.0days

Moon phase on August 23, 1903Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 August 1903361,147 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 23, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
361,147 km224,406 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1903 is on Monday, September 7, 1903 at 00:20 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1903 at 19:51 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, August 22, 190319:51
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 29, 190320:34

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Sunday, August 23, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 22, 1903 to the new moon of September 21, 1903, a cycle of 29.36 days.