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The Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 1908: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on October 6, 1908Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 6 October 1908363,257 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 6, 1908, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.1% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
363,257 km225,718 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1908 is on Friday, October 9, 1908 at 21:03 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 25, 1908 at 14:59 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, October 3, 190806:13
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 9, 190821:03

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Tuesday, October 6, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 1908 to the new moon of October 25, 1908, a cycle of 29.66 days.