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The Moon on Saturday, February 18, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on February 18, 2006Waning Gibbous

Saturday 18 February 2006398,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 18, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.8% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
398,917 km247,875 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 13, 200604:45
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 21, 200607:17

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Saturday, February 18, 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.