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The Moon on Saturday, October 14, 2006: Last Quarter, 45% lit

Waning · 45.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Last Quarter at

00:26UTC

Moon phase on October 14, 2006Last Quarter

Saturday 14 October 2006394,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 14, 2006, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.3% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
394,336 km245,029 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 05:14 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, October 7, 200603:13
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, October 14, 200600:26
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 22, 200605:14

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Saturday, October 14, 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.