Waning · 35.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°
Moon age
23.3days
Moon phase on August 17, 2006Waning Crescent
On Thursday, August 17, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.0% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
35.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
384,284 km238,783 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 17, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 19:10 UTC, 6 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Wednesday, August 16, 2006 | 01:51 |
| New Moon (after) | Wednesday, August 23, 2006 | 19:10 |
The Moon around August 17
More about this date
Thursday, August 17, 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 August 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.