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The Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on August 1, 2006Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 1 August 2006400,507 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 1, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.7% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
400,507 km248,863 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Tuesday, August 1, 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.