Waxing · 10.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°
Moon age
3.3days
Moon phase on July 28, 2006Waxing Crescent
On Friday, July 28, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.0% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
10.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
404,862 km251,569 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to July 28, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 3 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, July 25, 2006 | 04:31 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, August 2, 2006 | 08:46 |
The Moon around July 28
More about this date
Friday, July 28, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in July 2006, or the whole moon calendar 2006.
- The same date one year apart: 2005 · 2007.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.