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The Moon on Thursday, July 20, 2006: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on July 20, 2006Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 July 2006382,043 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 20, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.1% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
382,043 km237,390 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 2006 is on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 03:02 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Thursday, July 20, 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.