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The Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1906: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on August 18, 1906Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 August 1906390,667 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 18, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
390,667 km242,749 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1906 is on Saturday, August 4, 1906 at 13:00 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1906 at 01:27 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Saturday, August 18, 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.