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The Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on October 23, 1906Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 October 1906370,529 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 23, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.1% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
370,529 km230,236 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1906 is on Thursday, November 1, 1906 at 04:46 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 17, 1906 at 22:43 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Tuesday, October 23, 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.