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The Moon on Sunday, April 30, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on April 30, 2006Waxing Crescent

Sunday 30 April 2006380,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 30, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.2% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
380,068 km236,163 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 2006 is on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 06:51 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 19:44 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 27, 200619:44
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 5, 200605:13

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Sunday, April 30, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 2006 to the new moon of May 27, 2006, a cycle of 29.40 days.