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The Moon on Thursday, April 6, 1905: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on April 6, 1905Waxing Crescent

Thursday 6 April 1905405,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 6, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
405,065 km251,695 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1905 is on Wednesday, April 19, 1905 at 13:38 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 4, 1905 at 23:23 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 4, 190523:23
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 12, 190521:41

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Thursday, April 6, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1905 to the new moon of May 4, 1905, a cycle of 29.68 days.