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The Moon on Friday, October 20, 2006: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on October 20, 2006Waning Crescent

Friday 20 October 2006405,590 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 20, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
405,590 km252,022 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 05:14 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Friday, October 20, 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.