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The Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on October 20, 1906Waxing Crescent

Saturday 20 October 1906362,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 20, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.5% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
362,015 km224,945 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1906 is on Thursday, November 1, 1906 at 04:46 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 17, 1906 at 22:43 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 17, 190622:43
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 24, 190613:50

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Saturday, October 20, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 17, 1906 to the new moon of November 16, 1906, a cycle of 29.41 days.