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The Moon on Sunday, October 28, 1906: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on October 28, 1906Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 28 October 1906391,111 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 28, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.0% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
391,111 km243,025 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1906 is on Thursday, November 1, 1906 at 04:46 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 17, 1906 at 22:43 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 24, 190613:50
Full Moon (after)Thursday, November 1, 190604:46

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Sunday, October 28, 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.