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The Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on September 20, 1906Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 September 1906368,064 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 20, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
368,064 km228,704 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1906 is on Tuesday, October 2, 1906 at 12:48 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 18, 1906 at 12:33 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 18, 190612:33
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 25, 190606:11

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Thursday, September 20, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 18, 1906 to the new moon of October 17, 1906, a cycle of 29.42 days.