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The Moon on Friday, November 17, 2006: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on November 17, 2006Waning Crescent

Friday 17 November 2006403,988 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 17, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
403,988 km251,026 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 2006 is on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 12:58 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 20, 2006 at 22:18 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Friday, November 17, 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.