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The Moon on Thursday, August 17, 1905: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on August 17, 1905Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 August 1905400,390 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 17, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.6% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
400,390 km248,791 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1905 is on Tuesday, August 15, 1905 at 03:31 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 30, 1905 at 13:13 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Thursday, August 17, 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.