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The Moon on Wednesday, October 25, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on October 25, 2006Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 25 October 2006394,603 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 25, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.2% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
394,603 km245,195 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 2006 is on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 12:58 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 05:14 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 22, 200605:14
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 29, 200621:26

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Wednesday, October 25, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 22, 2006 to the new moon of November 20, 2006, a cycle of 29.71 days.