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The Moon on Thursday, August 31, 1905: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on August 31, 1905Waxing Crescent

Thursday 31 August 1905362,731 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 31, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
362,731 km225,391 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1905 is on Wednesday, September 13, 1905 at 18:10 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 30, 1905 at 13:13 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 30, 190513:13
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 6, 190504:09

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Thursday, August 31, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 30, 1905 to the new moon of September 28, 1905, a cycle of 29.37 days.