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The Moon on Thursday, June 29, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on June 29, 2006Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 June 2006401,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 29, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.3% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
401,380 km249,406 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 2006 is on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 03:02 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 16:05 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Thursday, June 29, 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.