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The Moon on Wednesday, July 19, 2006: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on July 19, 2006Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 July 2006378,417 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 19, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.6% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
378,417 km235,137 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 2006 is on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 03:02 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 17, 200619:13
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 25, 200604:31

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Wednesday, July 19, 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.