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The Moon on Saturday, April 6, 1901: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on April 6, 1901Waning Gibbous

Saturday 6 April 1901405,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 6, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.8% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
405,694 km252,086 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1901 is on Thursday, April 4, 1901 at 01:20 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 18, 1901 at 21:37 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 4, 190101:20
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 12, 190103:57

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Saturday, April 6, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 20, 1901 to the new moon of April 18, 1901, a cycle of 29.36 days.