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The Moon on Thursday, October 6, 1904: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on October 6, 1904Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 October 1904361,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 6, 1904, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.8% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
361,426 km224,580 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1904 is on Saturday, September 24, 1904 at 17:50 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 9, 1904 at 05:25 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, October 2, 190413:52
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 9, 190405:25

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Thursday, October 6, 1904 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 9, 1904 to the new moon of October 9, 1904, a cycle of 29.36 days.