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The Moon on Sunday, June 17, 1906: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on June 17, 1906Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 June 1906405,183 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 17, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
405,183 km251,769 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1906 is on Wednesday, June 6, 1906 at 21:12 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 21, 1906 at 23:06 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 13, 190619:34
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 21, 190623:06

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Sunday, June 17, 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.