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The Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on March 15, 2006Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 15 March 2006404,303 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 15, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
404,303 km251,222 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2006 is on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 23:36 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 14, 200623:36
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 22, 200619:11

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Wednesday, March 15, 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.