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The Moon on Friday, March 3, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on March 3, 2006Waxing Crescent

Friday 3 March 2006368,752 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 3, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
368,752 km229,132 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 2006 is on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 23:36 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 28, 200600:31
First Quarter (after)Monday, March 6, 200620:16

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Friday, March 3, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 28, 2006 to the new moon of March 29, 2006, a cycle of 29.41 days.