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The Moon on Friday, December 21, 1906: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on December 21, 1906Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 December 1906382,652 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 21, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
382,652 km237,769 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1906 is on Sunday, December 30, 1906 at 18:44 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 15, 1906 at 18:54 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Friday, December 21, 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.