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The Moon on Friday, April 6, 1906: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on April 6, 1906Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 April 1906371,506 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 6, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
371,506 km230,843 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1906 is on Monday, April 9, 1906 at 06:12 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 24, 1906 at 23:52 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 2, 190604:02
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 9, 190606:12

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Friday, April 6, 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.