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The Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 2006: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on June 20, 2006Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 June 2006372,920 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 20, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.0% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
372,920 km231,722 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 2006 is on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 18:03 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 16:05 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, June 18, 200614:08
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 25, 200616:05

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Tuesday, June 20, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 2006 to the new moon of June 25, 2006, a cycle of 29.44 days.