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The Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 1905: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

First Quarter at

04:09UTC

Moon phase on September 6, 1905First Quarter

Wednesday 6 September 1905375,892 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 6, 1905, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.8% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
375,892 km233,568 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1905 is on Wednesday, September 13, 1905 at 18:10 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 30, 1905 at 13:13 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 30, 190513:13
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, September 6, 190504:09
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 13, 190518:10

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Wednesday, September 6, 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.