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The Moon on Wednesday, April 19, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on April 19, 2006Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 19 April 2006379,226 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 19, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.0% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
379,226 km235,640 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 2006 is on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 16:40 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 19:44 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Wednesday, April 19, 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.