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The Moon on Saturday, November 18, 2006: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on November 18, 2006Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 November 2006402,109 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 18, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
402,109 km249,859 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 2006 is on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 12:58 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 20, 2006 at 22:18 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Saturday, November 18, 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.