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The Moon on Sunday, April 1, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 43.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on April 1, 1906Waxing Crescent

Sunday 1 April 1906399,318 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 1, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.6% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
399,318 km248,125 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1906 is on Monday, April 9, 1906 at 06:12 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 24, 1906 at 23:52 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 24, 190623:52
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 2, 190604:02

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Sunday, April 1, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 24, 1906 to the new moon of April 23, 1906, a cycle of 29.68 days.