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The Moon on Tuesday, September 12, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on September 12, 2006Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 September 2006372,614 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 12, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.0% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
372,614 km231,532 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 2006 is on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 18:42 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 11:45 UTC, 10 days later.

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Tuesday, September 12, 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.