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The Moon on Friday, March 24, 2006: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on March 24, 2006Waning Crescent

Friday 24 March 2006369,930 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 24, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.5% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
369,930 km229,864 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2006 is on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 23:36 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Friday, March 24, 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.