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The Moon on Friday, March 17, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on March 17, 2006Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 March 2006400,084 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 17, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
400,084 km248,600 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2006 is on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 23:36 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Friday, March 17, 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.