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The Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on March 8, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 8 March 2006397,163 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 8, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.4% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
397,163 km246,786 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 2006 is on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 23:36 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, March 6, 200620:16
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 14, 200623:36

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Wednesday, March 8, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 28, 2006 to the new moon of March 29, 2006, a cycle of 29.41 days.