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The Moon on Thursday, April 6, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 59.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on April 6, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 6 April 2006400,409 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 6, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.8% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
400,409 km248,802 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 2006 is on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 16:40 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 5, 200612:01
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 13, 200616:40

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Thursday, April 6, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 29, 2006 to the new moon of April 27, 2006, a cycle of 29.39 days.