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The Moon on Tuesday, January 31, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on January 31, 2006Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 31 January 2006359,069 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 31, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
359,069 km223,115 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 14:15 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 29, 200614:15
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 5, 200606:29

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Tuesday, January 31, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 2006 to the new moon of February 28, 2006, a cycle of 29.43 days.