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The Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 1906: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on October 3, 1906Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 3 October 1906396,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 3, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
396,680 km246,485 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1906 is on Tuesday, October 2, 1906 at 12:48 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 17, 1906 at 22:43 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 2, 190612:48
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 10, 190615:39

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Wednesday, October 3, 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.