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The Moon on Sunday, September 16, 1906: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on September 16, 1906Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 September 1906382,518 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 16, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.0% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
382,518 km237,685 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1906 is on Sunday, September 2, 1906 at 23:36 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 18, 1906 at 12:33 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 10, 190620:54
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 18, 190612:33

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Sunday, September 16, 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.