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The Moon on Monday, September 25, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on September 25, 2006Waxing Crescent

Monday 25 September 2006402,902 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 25, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
402,902 km250,352 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 25, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 11:45 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 22, 200611:45
First Quarter (after)Saturday, September 30, 200611:04

The Moon around September 25

More about this date

Monday, September 25, 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.