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The Moon on Thursday, February 23, 2006: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on February 23, 2006Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 February 2006372,612 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 23, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.2% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
372,612 km231,530 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Thursday, February 23, 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.