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The Moon on Tuesday, November 28, 2006: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

First Quarter at

06:29UTC

Moon phase on November 28, 2006First Quarter

Tuesday 28 November 2006371,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 28, 2006, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.7% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
371,372 km230,760 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 28, 2006 is on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 00:25 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 20, 2006 at 22:18 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 20, 200622:18
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, November 28, 200606:29
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 5, 200600:25

The Moon around November 28

More about this date

Tuesday, November 28, 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.