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The Moon on Friday, March 10, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on March 10, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Friday 10 March 2006403,558 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 10, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.0% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
403,558 km250,759 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 10, 2006 is on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 23:36 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Friday, March 10, 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.