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The Moon on Monday, September 18, 2006: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on September 18, 2006Waning Crescent

Monday 18 September 2006401,617 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 18, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.8% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
401,617 km249,553 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 2006 is on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 18:42 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 11:45 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, September 14, 200611:16
New Moon (after)Friday, September 22, 200611:45

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Monday, September 18, 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.