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The Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on January 8, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 8 January 2006382,395 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 8, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.2% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
382,395 km237,609 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2006 is on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at 09:48 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 31, 2005 at 03:12 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 6, 200618:57
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 14, 200609:48

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Sunday, January 8, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 31, 2005 to the new moon of January 29, 2006, a cycle of 29.46 days.