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The Moon on Saturday, August 6, 1904: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on August 6, 1904Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 August 1904383,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 6, 1904, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.9% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
383,267 km238,151 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1904 is on Wednesday, July 27, 1904 at 09:42 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 11, 1904 at 12:58 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 4, 190414:03
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 11, 190412:58

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Saturday, August 6, 1904 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 13, 1904 to the new moon of August 11, 1904, a cycle of 29.31 days.