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The Moon on Monday, December 17, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on December 17, 1906Waxing Crescent

Monday 17 December 1906360,299 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 17, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
360,299 km223,879 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1906 is on Sunday, December 30, 1906 at 18:44 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 15, 1906 at 18:54 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 15, 190618:54
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 22, 190615:04

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Monday, December 17, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 15, 1906 to the new moon of January 14, 1907, a cycle of 29.46 days.