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The Moon on Wednesday, September 16, 1903: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on September 16, 1903Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 September 1903367,026 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 16, 1903, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.5% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
367,026 km228,059 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1903 is on Monday, September 7, 1903 at 00:20 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 21, 1903 at 04:31 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 14, 190313:14
New Moon (after)Monday, September 21, 190304:31

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Wednesday, September 16, 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.