Waxing · 50.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°
First Quarter at
12:01UTC
Moon phase on April 5, 2006First Quarter
On Wednesday, April 5, 2006, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
396,417 km246,322 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 5, 2006 is on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 16:40 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, March 29, 2006 | 10:15 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Wednesday, April 5, 2006 | 12:01 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, April 13, 2006 | 16:40 |
The Moon around April 5
More about this date
Wednesday, April 5, 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.