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The Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 1905: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on August 9, 1905Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 9 August 1905374,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 9, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.6% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
374,661 km232,804 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1905 is on Tuesday, August 15, 1905 at 03:31 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1905 at 04:02 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 7, 190522:16
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 15, 190503:31

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Wednesday, August 9, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 1905 to the new moon of August 30, 1905, a cycle of 29.38 days.