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The Moon on Friday, August 31, 1906: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on August 31, 1906Waxing Gibbous

Friday 31 August 1906374,601 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 31, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
374,601 km232,766 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1906 is on Sunday, September 2, 1906 at 23:36 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 20, 1906 at 01:27 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 27, 190600:42
Full Moon (after)Sunday, September 2, 190623:36

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Friday, August 31, 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.