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The Moon on Friday, July 20, 1906: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on July 20, 1906Waning Crescent

Friday 20 July 1906398,064 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 20, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
398,064 km247,345 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1906 is on Friday, July 6, 1906 at 04:27 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 21, 1906 at 12:59 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Friday, July 20, 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.