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The Moon on Friday, August 24, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on August 24, 1906Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 August 1906371,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 24, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.6% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
371,897 km231,086 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1906 is on Sunday, September 2, 1906 at 23:36 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1906 at 01:27 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Friday, August 24, 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.