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The Moon on Saturday, July 29, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on July 29, 2006Waxing Crescent

Saturday 29 July 2006405,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 29, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.4% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
405,391 km251,898 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Saturday, July 29, 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.