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The Moon on Monday, April 24, 2006: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on April 24, 2006Waning Crescent

Monday 24 April 2006364,300 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 24, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
364,300 km226,366 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2006 is on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 16:40 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 19:44 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Monday, April 24, 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.