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The Moon on Thursday, April 26, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on April 26, 1906Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 April 1906406,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 26, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
406,085 km252,329 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1906 is on Tuesday, May 8, 1906 at 14:10 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 23, 1906 at 16:07 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 23, 190616:07
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 1, 190619:07

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Thursday, April 26, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1906 to the new moon of May 23, 1906, a cycle of 29.66 days.