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The Moon on Thursday, January 12, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on January 12, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 January 2006396,729 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 12, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
396,729 km246,516 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2006 is on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at 09:48 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 31, 2005 at 03:12 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Thursday, January 12, 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.