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The Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 2006: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on August 22, 2006Waning Crescent

Tuesday 22 August 2006401,982 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 22, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
401,982 km249,780 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 19:10 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Tuesday, August 22, 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.