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The Moon on Wednesday, January 11, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on January 11, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 11 January 2006393,615 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 11, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.8% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
393,615 km244,581 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 2006 is on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at 09:48 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 31, 2005 at 03:12 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Wednesday, January 11, 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.