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The Moon on Thursday, August 2, 1906: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on August 2, 1906Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 2 August 1906366,893 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 2, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
366,893 km227,977 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1906 is on Saturday, August 4, 1906 at 13:00 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 21, 1906 at 12:59 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 28, 190619:56
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 4, 190613:00

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Thursday, August 2, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 21, 1906 to the new moon of August 20, 1906, a cycle of 29.52 days.