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The Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 2006: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

First Quarter at

14:48UTC

Moon phase on December 27, 2006First Quarter

Wednesday 27 December 2006370,395 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 27, 2006, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.8% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
370,395 km230,153 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2006 is on Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 13:58 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 14:01 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, December 20, 200614:01
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 27, 200614:48
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 3, 200713:58

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Wednesday, December 27, 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.