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The Moon on Monday, July 17, 2006: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 53.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Last Quarter at

19:13UTC

Moon phase on July 17, 2006Last Quarter

Monday 17 July 2006371,470 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 17, 2006, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
371,470 km230,821 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 2006 is on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 03:02 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 11, 200603:02
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, July 17, 200619:13
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 25, 200604:31

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Monday, July 17, 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.