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The Moon on Monday, September 4, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on September 4, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 September 2006368,763 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 4, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.0% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
368,763 km229,139 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 2006 is on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 18:42 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at 19:10 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 31, 200622:57
Full Moon (after)Thursday, September 7, 200618:42

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Monday, September 4, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 23, 2006 to the new moon of September 22, 2006, a cycle of 29.69 days.