Waning · 28.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°
Moon age
23.8days
Moon phase on May 17, 1906Waning Crescent
On Thursday, May 17, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.4% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
28.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
396,364 km246,289 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 17, 1906 is on Tuesday, May 8, 1906 at 14:10 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 1906 at 08:01 UTC, 6 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Tuesday, May 15, 1906 | 07:03 |
| New Moon (after) | Wednesday, May 23, 1906 | 08:01 |
The Moon around May 17
More about this date
Thursday, May 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1906, or the whole moon calendar 1906.
- The same date one year apart: 1905 · 1907.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.