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The Moon on Friday, August 28, 1903: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on August 28, 1903Waxing Crescent

Friday 28 August 1903387,883 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 28, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.5% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
387,883 km241,019 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1903 is on Monday, September 7, 1903 at 00:20 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1903 at 19:51 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Friday, August 28, 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.