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The Moon on Saturday, October 6, 1900: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on October 6, 1900Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 6 October 1900359,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 6, 1900, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.5% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
359,775 km223,554 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1900 is on Monday, October 8, 1900 at 13:18 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 23, 1900 at 19:57 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, October 1, 190021:11
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 8, 190013:18

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Saturday, October 6, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 23, 1900 to the new moon of October 23, 1900, a cycle of 29.73 days.