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The Moon on Friday, August 3, 1906: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on August 3, 1906Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 August 1906368,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 3, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
368,887 km229,216 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1906 is on Saturday, August 4, 1906 at 13:00 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 21, 1906 at 12:59 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Friday, August 3, 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.