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The Moon on Friday, August 11, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on August 11, 2006Waning Gibbous

Friday 11 August 2006360,197 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 11, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
360,197 km223,816 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 19:10 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Friday, August 11, 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.