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The Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 1906: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on July 18, 1906Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 July 1906403,142 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 18, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
403,142 km250,501 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1906 is on Friday, July 6, 1906 at 04:27 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 21, 1906 at 12:59 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Wednesday, July 18, 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.