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The Moon on Saturday, August 12, 1905: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on August 12, 1905Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 August 1905383,766 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 12, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
383,766 km238,461 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1905 is on Tuesday, August 15, 1905 at 03:31 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 1, 1905 at 04:02 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Saturday, August 12, 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.