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The Moon on Saturday, July 22, 2006: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on July 22, 2006Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 July 2006389,163 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 22, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.5% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
389,163 km241,815 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 2006 is on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 03:02 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Saturday, July 22, 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.