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The Moon on Thursday, February 9, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on February 9, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 9 February 2006399,831 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 9, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
399,831 km248,444 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 14:15 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 5, 200606:29
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 13, 200604:45

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Thursday, February 9, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 2006 to the new moon of February 28, 2006, a cycle of 29.43 days.