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The Moon on Tuesday, July 4, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on July 4, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 4 July 2006400,048 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 4, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.9% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
400,048 km248,578 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 2006 is on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 03:02 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 16:05 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, July 3, 200616:37
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 11, 200603:02

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Tuesday, July 4, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 25, 2006 to the new moon of July 25, 2006, a cycle of 29.52 days.