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The Moon on Wednesday, June 7, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on June 7, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 7 June 2006397,086 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 7, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.5% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
397,086 km246,738 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 7, 2006 is on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 18:03 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 05:26 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, June 3, 200623:06
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 11, 200618:03

The Moon around June 7

More about this date

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 2006 to the new moon of June 25, 2006, a cycle of 29.44 days.