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The Moon on Friday, December 22, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on December 22, 2006Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 December 2006377,935 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 22, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
377,935 km234,838 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2006 is on Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 13:58 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 14:01 UTC, 2 days earlier.

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Friday, December 22, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 2006 to the new moon of January 19, 2007, a cycle of 29.58 days.