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The Moon on Monday, January 2, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on January 2, 2006Waxing Crescent

Monday 2 January 2006361,975 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 2, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
361,975 km224,921 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 2006 is on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at 09:48 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 31, 2005 at 03:12 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 31, 200503:12
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 6, 200618:57

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Monday, January 2, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 31, 2005 to the new moon of January 29, 2006, a cycle of 29.46 days.