Waxing · 30.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°
Moon age
6.0days
Moon phase on September 28, 2006Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, September 28, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.3% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
30.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
392,758 km244,049 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 28, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 11:45 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, September 22, 2006 | 11:45 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, September 30, 2006 | 11:04 |
The Moon around September 28
More about this date
Thursday, September 28, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in September 2006, or the whole moon calendar 2006.
- The same date one year apart: 2005 · 2007.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.