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The Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on March 18, 2006Waning Gibbous

Saturday 18 March 2006397,140 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 18, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
397,140 km246,771 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2006 is on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 23:36 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Saturday, March 18, 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.