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The Moon on Thursday, April 20, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on April 20, 2006Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 April 2006375,500 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 20, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.3% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
375,500 km233,325 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2006 is on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 16:40 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 19:44 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Thursday, April 20, 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.