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The Moon on Thursday, November 16, 2006: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on November 16, 2006Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 November 2006405,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 16, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.4% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
405,031 km251,675 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 2006 is on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 12:58 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 20, 2006 at 22:18 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, November 12, 200617:46
New Moon (after)Monday, November 20, 200622:18

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Thursday, November 16, 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.