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The Moon on Friday, May 4, 1906: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on May 4, 1906Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 May 1906372,436 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 4, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.6% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
372,436 km231,421 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1906 is on Tuesday, May 8, 1906 at 14:10 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 23, 1906 at 16:07 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Friday, May 4, 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.