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The Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 1906: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

New Moon at

22:43UTC

Moon phase on October 17, 1906New Moon

Wednesday 17 October 1906365,574 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 17, 1906, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
365,574 km227,157 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1906 is on Thursday, November 1, 1906 at 04:46 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 17, 1906 at 22:43 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 10, 190615:39
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, October 17, 190622:43
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 24, 190613:50

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Wednesday, October 17, 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.