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The Moon on Thursday, December 14, 2006: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on December 14, 2006Waning Crescent

Thursday 14 December 2006404,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 14, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
404,083 km251,085 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 2006 is on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 00:25 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 14:01 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Thursday, December 14, 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.