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The Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 2006: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on October 17, 2006Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 October 2006404,433 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 17, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.7% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
404,433 km251,303 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 05:14 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 14, 200600:26
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 22, 200605:14

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Tuesday, October 17, 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.