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The Moon on Saturday, June 17, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on June 17, 2006Waning Gibbous

Saturday 17 June 2006369,115 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 17, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.5% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
369,115 km229,357 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 2006 is on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 18:03 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 16:05 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, June 11, 200618:03
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 18, 200614:08

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Saturday, June 17, 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.