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The Moon on Saturday, March 11, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on March 11, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 11 March 2006405,294 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 11, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
405,294 km251,838 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 2006 is on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 23:36 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Saturday, March 11, 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.