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The Moon on Sunday, July 16, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on July 16, 2006Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 July 2006368,478 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 16, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.8% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
368,478 km228,961 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 2006 is on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 03:02 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Sunday, July 16, 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.