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The Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 2006: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on June 21, 2006Waning Crescent

Wednesday 21 June 2006375,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 21, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.4% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
375,082 km233,065 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 2006 is on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 18:03 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 16:05 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Wednesday, June 21, 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.