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The Moon on Saturday, July 15, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on July 15, 2006Waning Gibbous

Saturday 15 July 2006366,115 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 15, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.4% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
366,115 km227,493 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 2006 is on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 03:02 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Saturday, July 15, 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.