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The Moon on Friday, March 31, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on March 31, 2006Waxing Crescent

Friday 31 March 2006367,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 31, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.1% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
367,942 km228,629 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2006 is on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 16:40 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Friday, March 31, 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.