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The Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 1904: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on August 9, 1904Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 August 1904365,840 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 9, 1904, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
365,840 km227,322 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1904 is on Wednesday, July 27, 1904 at 09:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 11, 1904 at 12:58 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 4, 190414:03
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 11, 190412:58

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Tuesday, August 9, 1904 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 1904 to the new moon of August 11, 1904, a cycle of 29.31 days.