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The Moon on Friday, October 6, 1905: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on October 6, 1905Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 October 1905385,627 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 6, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.3% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
385,627 km239,617 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1905 is on Friday, October 13, 1905 at 11:03 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 28, 1905 at 21:59 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 5, 190512:54
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 13, 190511:03

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Friday, October 6, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 1905 to the new moon of October 28, 1905, a cycle of 29.37 days.