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The Moon on Sunday, October 21, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on October 21, 1906Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 October 1906363,833 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 21, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.6% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
363,833 km226,075 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1906 is on Thursday, November 1, 1906 at 04:46 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 17, 1906 at 22:43 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Sunday, October 21, 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.