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The Moon on Saturday, May 5, 1906: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on May 5, 1906Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 5 May 1906366,679 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 5, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
366,679 km227,844 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1906 is on Tuesday, May 8, 1906 at 14:10 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 23, 1906 at 16:07 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Saturday, May 5, 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.