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The Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on October 8, 2006Waning Gibbous

Sunday 8 October 2006360,880 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 8, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
360,880 km224,241 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 05:14 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, October 7, 200603:13
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 14, 200600:26

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Sunday, October 8, 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.