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The Moon on Tuesday, May 1, 1906: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

First Quarter at

19:07UTC

Moon phase on May 1, 1906First Quarter

Tuesday 1 May 1906390,515 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 1, 1906, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.1% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
390,515 km242,655 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1906 is on Tuesday, May 8, 1906 at 14:10 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 23, 1906 at 16:07 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 23, 190616:07
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, May 1, 190619:07
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 8, 190614:10

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Tuesday, May 1, 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.