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The Moon on Friday, October 5, 1906: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on October 5, 1906Waning Gibbous

Friday 5 October 1906402,275 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 5, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.5% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
402,275 km249,962 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1906 is on Tuesday, October 2, 1906 at 12:48 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 17, 1906 at 22:43 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Friday, October 5, 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.