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The Moon on Saturday, September 30, 2006: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

First Quarter at

11:04UTC

Moon phase on September 30, 2006First Quarter

Saturday 30 September 2006382,469 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 30, 2006, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
382,469 km237,655 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 11:45 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 22, 200611:45
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, September 30, 200611:04
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 7, 200603:13

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Saturday, September 30, 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.