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The Moon on Thursday, December 28, 1905: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on December 28, 1905Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 December 1905377,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 28, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.9% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
377,559 km234,604 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1905 is on Wednesday, January 10, 1906 at 16:36 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 26, 1905 at 04:04 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 26, 190504:04
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 2, 190614:52

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Thursday, December 28, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 1905 to the new moon of January 24, 1906, a cycle of 29.55 days.