Waning · 6.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°
Moon age
27.0days
Moon phase on August 17, 1906Waning Crescent
On Friday, August 17, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.9% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
6.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
394,686 km245,247 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 17, 1906 is on Saturday, August 4, 1906 at 13:00 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1906 at 01:27 UTC, 3 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Sunday, August 12, 1906 | 02:48 |
| New Moon (after) | Monday, August 20, 1906 | 01:27 |
The Moon around August 17
More about this date
Friday, August 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1906, or the whole moon calendar 1906.
- The same date one year apart: 1905 · 1907.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.