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The Moon on Tuesday, September 19, 2006: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on September 19, 2006Waning Crescent

Tuesday 19 September 2006403,940 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 19, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
403,940 km250,997 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 19, 2006 is on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 18:42 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 11:45 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Tuesday, September 19, 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.