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The Moon on Monday, October 2, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on October 2, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Monday 2 October 2006371,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 2, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.9% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
371,002 km230,530 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 11:45 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, September 30, 200611:04
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 7, 200603:13

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Monday, October 2, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 22, 2006 to the new moon of October 22, 2006, a cycle of 29.73 days.