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The Moon on Saturday, February 17, 1906: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on February 17, 1906Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 February 1906372,541 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 17, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.3% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
372,541 km231,486 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1906 is on Friday, February 9, 1906 at 07:46 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 23, 1906 at 07:57 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 16, 190604:23
New Moon (after)Friday, February 23, 190607:57

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Saturday, February 17, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 1906 to the new moon of February 23, 1906, a cycle of 29.62 days.