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The Moon on Sunday, March 12, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on March 12, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 12 March 2006406,142 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 12, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
406,142 km252,365 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2006 is on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 23:36 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Sunday, March 12, 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.