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The Moon on Friday, September 22, 2006: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

New Moon at

11:45UTC

Moon phase on September 22, 2006New Moon

Friday 22 September 2006406,461 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 22, 2006, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
406,461 km252,563 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 11:45 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, September 14, 200611:16
New Moon (this day)Friday, September 22, 200611:45
First Quarter (after)Saturday, September 30, 200611:04

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Friday, September 22, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 22, 2006 to the new moon of October 22, 2006, a cycle of 29.73 days.