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The Moon on Monday, July 24, 2006: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on July 24, 2006Waning Crescent

Monday 24 July 2006395,800 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 24, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
395,800 km245,939 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 2006 is on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 03:02 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Monday, July 24, 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.