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The Moon on Friday, August 4, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on August 4, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Friday 4 August 2006386,042 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 4, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.1% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
386,042 km239,876 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Friday, August 4, 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.