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The Moon on Saturday, April 1, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on April 1, 2006Waxing Crescent

Saturday 1 April 2006373,470 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 1, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.7% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
373,470 km232,063 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 2006 is on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 16:40 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Saturday, April 1, 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.