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The Moon on Sunday, August 13, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on August 13, 2006Waning Gibbous

Sunday 13 August 2006365,498 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 13, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
365,498 km227,110 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 19:10 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Sunday, August 13, 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.