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The Moon on Friday, March 6, 1908: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on March 6, 1908Waxing Crescent

Friday 6 March 1908378,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 6, 1908, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
378,380 km235,114 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1908 is on Wednesday, March 18, 1908 at 02:28 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 2, 1908 at 18:57 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 2, 190818:57
First Quarter (after)Monday, March 9, 190821:42

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Friday, March 6, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 2, 1908 to the new moon of April 1, 1908, a cycle of 29.42 days.