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The Moon on Thursday, September 6, 1906: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on September 6, 1906Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 September 1906397,184 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 6, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
397,184 km246,798 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1906 is on Sunday, September 2, 1906 at 23:36 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 18, 1906 at 12:33 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 2, 190623:36
Last Quarter (after)Monday, September 10, 190620:54

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Thursday, September 6, 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.