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The Moon on Wednesday, November 22, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on November 22, 2006Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 November 2006390,182 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 22, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
390,182 km242,448 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 22, 2006 is on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 00:25 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 20, 2006 at 22:18 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 20, 200622:18
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 28, 200606:29

The Moon around November 22

More about this date

Wednesday, November 22, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 20, 2006 to the new moon of December 20, 2006, a cycle of 29.65 days.