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The Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on September 26, 2006Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 26 September 2006400,292 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 26, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
400,292 km248,730 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 11:45 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Tuesday, September 26, 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.