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The Moon on Thursday, July 27, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on July 27, 2006Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 July 2006403,469 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 27, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
403,469 km250,704 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (0°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 25, 200604:31
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 2, 200608:46

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Thursday, July 27, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 2006 to the new moon of August 23, 2006, a cycle of 29.61 days.