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The Moon on Tuesday, August 15, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on August 15, 2006Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 15 August 2006374,514 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 15, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.5% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
374,514 km232,712 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2006 is on Wednesday, August 9, 2006 at 10:54 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 19:10 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Tuesday, August 15, 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.