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The Moon on Thursday, May 24, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on May 24, 1906Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 May 1906405,472 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 24, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
405,472 km251,949 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1906 is on Wednesday, June 6, 1906 at 21:12 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 1906 at 08:01 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 23, 190608:01
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 31, 190606:23

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Thursday, May 24, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 1906 to the new moon of June 21, 1906, a cycle of 29.63 days.