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The Moon on Thursday, March 30, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on March 30, 2006Waxing Crescent

Thursday 30 March 2006363,468 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 30, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
363,468 km225,849 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 2006 is on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 16:40 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 29, 200610:15
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 5, 200612:01

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Thursday, March 30, 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.