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The Moon on Thursday, July 5, 1906: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on July 5, 1906Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 5 July 1906361,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 5, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
361,998 km224,935 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1906 is on Friday, July 6, 1906 at 04:27 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 21, 1906 at 23:06 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 29, 190614:19
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 6, 190604:27

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Thursday, July 5, 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.