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The Moon on Wednesday, March 29, 2006: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

New Moon at

10:15UTC

Moon phase on March 29, 2006New Moon

Wednesday 29 March 2006360,465 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 29, 2006, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.5 dMoon age
360,465 km223,982 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 22, 200619:11
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, March 29, 200610:15
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 5, 200612:01

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 29, 2006 to the new moon of April 27, 2006, a cycle of 29.39 days.