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The Moon on Saturday, June 24, 2006: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on June 24, 2006Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 June 2006384,032 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 24, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
384,032 km238,626 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 2006 is on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 18:03 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 16:05 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Saturday, June 24, 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.