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The Moon on Thursday, October 19, 2006: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on October 19, 2006Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 October 2006406,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 19, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
406,058 km252,313 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 05:14 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Thursday, October 19, 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.