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The Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1903: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on October 8, 1903Waning Gibbous

Thursday 8 October 1903384,733 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 8, 1903, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
384,733 km239,062 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1903 is on Tuesday, October 6, 1903 at 15:24 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 20, 1903 at 15:30 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 6, 190315:24
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 13, 190319:57

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Thursday, October 8, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 21, 1903 to the new moon of October 20, 1903, a cycle of 29.46 days.