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The Moon on Monday, March 27, 2006: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on March 27, 2006Waning Crescent

Monday 27 March 2006359,727 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 27, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
359,727 km223,524 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2006 is on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 23:36 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Monday, March 27, 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.