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The Moon on Friday, June 30, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on June 30, 2006Waxing Crescent

Friday 30 June 2006403,385 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 30, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.6% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
403,385 km250,652 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 30, 2006 is on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 03:02 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 16:05 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 30

More about this date

Friday, June 30, 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.