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The Moon on Sunday, April 23, 2006: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on April 23, 2006Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 April 2006366,038 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 23, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.2% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
366,038 km227,445 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2006 is on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 16:40 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 19:44 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 21, 200603:29
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 27, 200619:44

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Sunday, April 23, 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.