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The Moon on Friday, August 18, 2006: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on August 18, 2006Waning Crescent

Friday 18 August 2006388,789 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 18, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.4% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
388,789 km241,582 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 19:10 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 16, 200601:51
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 23, 200619:10

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Friday, August 18, 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.