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The Moon on Saturday, February 11, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on February 11, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 11 February 2006404,326 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 11, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
404,326 km251,237 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 11, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 14:15 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Saturday, February 11, 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.