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The Moon on Tuesday, April 11, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on April 11, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 11 April 2006403,839 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 11, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.6% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
403,839 km250,934 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 2006 is on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 16:40 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 10:15 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Tuesday, April 11, 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.