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The Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 1905: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on September 5, 1905Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 September 1905371,763 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 5, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.5% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
371,763 km231,003 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1905 is on Wednesday, September 13, 1905 at 18:10 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 30, 1905 at 13:13 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 30, 190513:13
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 6, 190504:09

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Tuesday, September 5, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 30, 1905 to the new moon of September 28, 1905, a cycle of 29.37 days.