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The Moon on Friday, July 7, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on July 7, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Friday 7 July 2006386,353 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 7, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.4% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
386,353 km240,068 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 7, 2006 is on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 03:02 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 16:05 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 7

More about this date

Friday, July 7, 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.