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The Moon on Sunday, March 26, 2006: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on March 26, 2006Waning Crescent

Sunday 26 March 2006361,915 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 26, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.4% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
361,915 km224,884 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 2006 is on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 23:36 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Sunday, March 26, 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.