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The Moon on Sunday, April 16, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on April 16, 2006Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 April 2006390,086 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 16, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.1% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
390,086 km242,388 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2006 is on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 16:40 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 19:44 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 13, 200616:40
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 21, 200603:29

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Sunday, April 16, 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.