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The Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1906: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on August 16, 1906Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 August 1906398,332 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 16, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.8% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
398,332 km247,512 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1906 is on Saturday, August 4, 1906 at 13:00 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1906 at 01:27 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Thursday, August 16, 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.