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The Moon on Wednesday, December 13, 2006: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on December 13, 2006Waning Crescent

Wednesday 13 December 2006404,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 13, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.8% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
404,351 km251,252 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 2006 is on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 00:25 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 14:01 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 12, 200614:32
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 20, 200614:01

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Wednesday, December 13, 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.