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The Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

16.8days

Moon phase on July 12, 2006Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 12 July 2006365,284 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 12, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
365,284 km226,977 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2006 is on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 03:02 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 11, 200603:02
Last Quarter (after)Monday, July 17, 200619:13

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Wednesday, July 12, 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.