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The Moon on Wednesday, August 23, 1905: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 47.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Last Quarter at

06:10UTC

Moon phase on August 23, 1905Last Quarter

Wednesday 23 August 1905399,591 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 23, 1905, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.8% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
399,591 km248,294 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1905 is on Tuesday, August 15, 1905 at 03:31 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 30, 1905 at 13:13 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 15, 190503:31
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 23, 190506:10
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 30, 190513:13

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Wednesday, August 23, 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.