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The Moon on Thursday, March 23, 2006: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on March 23, 2006Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 March 2006374,921 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 23, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
374,921 km232,965 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 2006 is on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 23:36 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 22, 200619:11
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 29, 200610:15

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Thursday, March 23, 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.