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The Moon on Friday, September 29, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on September 29, 2006Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 September 2006387,896 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 29, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.1% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
387,896 km241,027 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 11:45 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Friday, September 29, 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.