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The Moon on Friday, August 6, 1909: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on August 6, 1909Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 August 1909366,523 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 6, 1909, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.4% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
366,523 km227,747 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1909 is on Sunday, August 1, 1909 at 21:14 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 15, 1909 at 23:55 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, August 1, 190921:14
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 8, 190912:10

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Friday, August 6, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 1909 to the new moon of August 15, 1909, a cycle of 29.55 days.