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The Moon on Thursday, August 3, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on August 3, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 August 2006391,688 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 3, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.4% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
391,688 km243,384 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 2, 200608:46
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 9, 200610:54

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Thursday, August 3, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 2006 to the new moon of August 23, 2006, a cycle of 29.61 days.