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The Moon on Thursday, August 6, 1908: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on August 6, 1908Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 6 August 1908382,369 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 6, 1908, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.5% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
382,369 km237,593 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1908 is on Wednesday, August 12, 1908 at 04:59 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 28, 1908 at 07:17 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 5, 190809:40
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 12, 190804:59

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Thursday, August 6, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1908 to the new moon of August 26, 1908, a cycle of 29.65 days.