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The Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 1906: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on February 21, 1906Waning Crescent

Wednesday 21 February 1906382,657 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 21, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
382,657 km237,772 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1906 is on Friday, February 9, 1906 at 07:46 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 23, 1906 at 07:57 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Wednesday, February 21, 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.