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The Moon on Saturday, August 5, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on August 5, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 5 August 2006380,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 5, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.2% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
380,008 km236,126 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Saturday, August 5, 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.