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The Moon on Monday, August 14, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 67.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on August 14, 2006Waning Gibbous

Monday 14 August 2006369,740 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 14, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.5% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
369,740 km229,746 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 19:10 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Monday, August 14, 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.