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The Moon on Thursday, June 22, 2006: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on June 22, 2006Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 June 2006377,667 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 22, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.5% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
377,667 km234,671 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 2006 is on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 18:03 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 16:05 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Thursday, June 22, 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.