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The Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1906: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on December 6, 1906Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 December 1906398,028 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 6, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.9% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
398,028 km247,323 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1906 is on Friday, November 30, 1906 at 23:07 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 15, 1906 at 18:54 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, November 30, 190623:07
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 9, 190601:45

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Thursday, December 6, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 16, 1906 to the new moon of December 15, 1906, a cycle of 29.43 days.