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The Moon on Monday, April 2, 1906: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

First Quarter at

04:02UTC

Moon phase on April 2, 1906First Quarter

Monday 2 April 1906394,950 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 2, 1906, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.4% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
394,950 km245,410 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1906 is on Monday, April 9, 1906 at 06:12 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 24, 1906 at 23:52 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 24, 190623:52
First Quarter (this day)Monday, April 2, 190604:02
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 9, 190606:12

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Monday, April 2, 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.