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The Moon on Thursday, November 23, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on November 23, 2006Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 November 2006386,867 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 23, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.0% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
386,867 km240,388 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 2006 is on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 00:25 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 20, 2006 at 22:18 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Thursday, November 23, 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.