Waxing · 45.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°
First Quarter at
22:57UTC
Moon phase on August 31, 2006First Quarter
On Thursday, August 31, 2006, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.5% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
45.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
392,530 km243,907 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 31, 2006 is on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 18:42 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 19:10 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, August 23, 2006 | 19:10 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Thursday, August 31, 2006 | 22:57 |
| Full Moon (after) | Thursday, September 7, 2006 | 18:42 |
The Moon around August 31
More about this date
Thursday, August 31, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 23, 2006 to the new moon of September 22, 2006, a cycle of 29.69 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.