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The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 1906: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on December 27, 1906Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 December 1906405,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
405,661 km252,066 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1906 is on Sunday, December 30, 1906 at 18:44 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 15, 1906 at 18:54 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 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.