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The Moon on Saturday, March 25, 2006: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on March 25, 2006Waning Crescent

Saturday 25 March 2006365,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 25, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
365,452 km227,081 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 2006 is on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 23:36 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Saturday, March 25, 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.