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The Moon on Saturday, January 21, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on January 21, 2006Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 January 2006398,840 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 21, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.2% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
398,840 km247,828 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 2006 is on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at 09:48 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 14:15 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Saturday, January 21, 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.