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The Moon on Saturday, September 5, 1903: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on September 5, 1903Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 5 September 1903403,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 5, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
403,586 km250,777 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1903 is on Monday, September 7, 1903 at 00:20 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 22, 1903 at 19:51 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 29, 190320:34
Full Moon (after)Monday, September 7, 190300:20

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Saturday, September 5, 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.