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The Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on December 20, 1906Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 December 1906376,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 20, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
376,367 km233,864 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1906 is on Sunday, December 30, 1906 at 18:44 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 15, 1906 at 18:54 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Thursday, December 20, 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.