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The Moon on Friday, May 6, 1904: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on May 6, 1904Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 May 1904401,268 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 6, 1904, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.6% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
401,268 km249,336 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1904 is on Friday, April 29, 1904 at 22:36 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 15, 1904 at 10:58 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 29, 190422:36
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 7, 190411:51

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Friday, May 6, 1904 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1904 to the new moon of May 15, 1904, a cycle of 29.55 days.