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The Moon on Sunday, January 29, 2006: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

New Moon at

14:15UTC

Moon phase on January 29, 2006New Moon

Sunday 29 January 2006358,436 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 29, 2006, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
358,436 km222,721 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 14:15 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 22, 200615:14
New Moon (this day)Sunday, January 29, 200614:15
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 5, 200606:29

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Sunday, January 29, 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.