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The Moon on Thursday, August 10, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on August 10, 2006Waning Gibbous

Thursday 10 August 2006359,805 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 10, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
359,805 km223,572 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 19:10 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 9, 200610:54
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 16, 200601:51

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Thursday, August 10, 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.