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The Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 2006: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on March 28, 2006Waning Crescent

Tuesday 28 March 2006359,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 28, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
359,196 km223,194 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 2006 is on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 23:36 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Tuesday, March 28, 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.