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The Moon on Thursday, January 19, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on January 19, 2006Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 January 2006404,471 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 19, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.5% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
404,471 km251,326 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 19, 2006 is on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at 09:48 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 14:15 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 14, 200609:48
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 22, 200615:14

The Moon around January 19

More about this date

Thursday, January 19, 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.