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The Moon on Monday, July 16, 1906: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on July 16, 1906Waning Crescent

Monday 16 July 1906405,153 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 16, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.4% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
405,153 km251,750 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1906 is on Friday, July 6, 1906 at 04:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 21, 1906 at 12:59 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 13, 190610:13
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 21, 190612:59

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Monday, July 16, 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.