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The Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 1906: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on August 15, 1906Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 August 1906401,315 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 15, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.0% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
401,315 km249,365 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1906 is on Saturday, August 4, 1906 at 13:00 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1906 at 01:27 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 12, 190602:48
New Moon (after)Monday, August 20, 190601:27

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Wednesday, August 15, 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.