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The Moon on Sunday, August 5, 1906: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on August 5, 1906Waning Gibbous

Sunday 5 August 1906376,141 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 5, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
376,141 km233,723 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1906 is on Saturday, August 4, 1906 at 13:00 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1906 at 01:27 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 4, 190613:00
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 12, 190602:48

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Sunday, August 5, 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.