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The Moon on Thursday, July 6, 1905: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on July 6, 1905Waxing Crescent

Thursday 6 July 1905373,247 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 6, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.3% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
373,247 km231,925 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1905 is on Sunday, July 16, 1905 at 15:32 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 2, 1905 at 17:50 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 2, 190517:50
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 9, 190517:46

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Thursday, July 6, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 2, 1905 to the new moon of August 1, 1905, a cycle of 29.43 days.