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The Moon on Saturday, December 22, 1906: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

First Quarter at

15:04UTC

Moon phase on December 22, 1906First Quarter

Saturday 22 December 1906388,610 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 22, 1906, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.8% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
388,610 km241,471 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1906 is on Sunday, December 30, 1906 at 18:44 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 15, 1906 at 18:54 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 15, 190618:54
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, December 22, 190615:04
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 30, 190618:44

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Saturday, December 22, 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.