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The Moon on Saturday, August 12, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on August 12, 2006Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 August 2006362,190 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 12, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
362,190 km225,055 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 19:10 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Saturday, August 12, 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.