Waxing · 40.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°
Moon age
6.1days
Moon phase on April 4, 2006Waxing Crescent
On Tuesday, April 4, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
391,428 km243,222 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 4, 2006 is on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 16:40 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, March 29, 2006 | 10:15 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, April 5, 2006 | 12:01 |
The Moon around April 4
More about this date
Tuesday, April 4, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 2006, or the whole moon calendar 2006.
- The same date one year apart: 2005 · 2007.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.