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The Moon on Monday, August 21, 2006: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on August 21, 2006Waning Crescent

Monday 21 August 2006399,461 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 21, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.0% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
399,461 km248,214 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 19:10 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Monday, August 21, 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.