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The Moon on Tuesday, June 27, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on June 27, 2006Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 June 2006395,163 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 27, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
395,163 km245,543 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 2006 is on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 03:02 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 16:05 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 25, 200616:05
First Quarter (after)Monday, July 3, 200616:37

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 25, 2006 to the new moon of July 25, 2006, a cycle of 29.52 days.