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The Moon on Thursday, August 23, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on August 23, 1906Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 August 1906373,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 23, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.9% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
373,704 km232,209 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1906 is on Sunday, September 2, 1906 at 23:36 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1906 at 01:27 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 20, 190601:27
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 27, 190600:42

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Thursday, August 23, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 1906 to the new moon of September 18, 1906, a cycle of 29.46 days.