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The Moon on Wednesday, February 22, 2006: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on February 22, 2006Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 February 2006378,663 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 22, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.5% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
378,663 km235,290 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 21, 200607:17
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 28, 200600:31

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Wednesday, February 22, 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.