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The Moon on Sunday, July 23, 2006: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on July 23, 2006Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 July 2006392,568 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 23, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
392,568 km243,930 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 2006 is on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 03:02 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Sunday, July 23, 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.