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The Moon on Wednesday, May 2, 1906: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on May 2, 1906Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 2 May 1906384,791 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 2, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.4% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
384,791 km239,098 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1906 is on Tuesday, May 8, 1906 at 14:10 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 23, 1906 at 16:07 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 1, 190619:07
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 8, 190614:10

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Wednesday, May 2, 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.