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The Moon on Monday, January 23, 2006: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on January 23, 2006Waning Crescent

Monday 23 January 2006389,014 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 23, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.4% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
389,014 km241,722 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2006 is on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at 09:48 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 14:15 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 22, 200615:14
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 29, 200614:15

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Monday, January 23, 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.