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The Moon on Monday, August 28, 1905: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on August 28, 1905Waning Crescent

Monday 28 August 1905373,515 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 28, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
373,515 km232,091 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1905 is on Tuesday, August 15, 1905 at 03:31 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 30, 1905 at 13:13 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 23, 190506:10
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 30, 190513:13

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Monday, August 28, 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.