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The Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on August 8, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 8 August 2006364,155 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 8, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
364,155 km226,275 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 04:31 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Tuesday, August 8, 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.