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The Moon on Wednesday, August 16, 1905: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on August 16, 1905Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 16 August 1905397,444 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 16, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
397,444 km246,960 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1905 is on Tuesday, August 15, 1905 at 03:31 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 30, 1905 at 13:13 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 15, 190503:31
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 23, 190506:10

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Wednesday, August 16, 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.