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The Moon on Thursday, September 14, 2006: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Last Quarter at

11:16UTC

Moon phase on September 14, 2006Last Quarter

Thursday 14 September 2006384,337 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 14, 2006, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
384,337 km238,816 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 14, 2006 is on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 18:42 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 11:45 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, September 7, 200618:42
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, September 14, 200611:16
New Moon (after)Friday, September 22, 200611:45

The Moon around September 14

More about this date

Thursday, September 14, 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.