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The Moon on Friday, April 7, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on April 7, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Friday 7 April 2006403,268 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 7, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.0% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
403,268 km250,579 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 2006 is on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 16:40 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Friday, April 7, 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.