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The Moon on Saturday, June 23, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on June 23, 1906Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 June 1906398,857 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 23, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
398,857 km247,838 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1906 is on Friday, July 6, 1906 at 04:27 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 21, 1906 at 23:06 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 21, 190623:06
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 29, 190614:19

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Saturday, June 23, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 21, 1906 to the new moon of July 21, 1906, a cycle of 29.58 days.