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The Moon on Monday, April 10, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on April 10, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Monday 10 April 2006405,113 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 10, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.9% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
405,113 km251,725 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 2006 is on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 16:40 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Monday, April 10, 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.