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The Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 1901: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on August 6, 1901Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 6 August 1901369,581 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 6, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.7% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
369,581 km229,647 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1901 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1901 at 10:34 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1901 at 08:27 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 31, 190110:34
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 7, 190108:02

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Tuesday, August 6, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1901 to the new moon of August 14, 1901, a cycle of 29.43 days.