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The Moon on Tuesday, October 10, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on October 10, 2006Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 10 October 2006370,637 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 10, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.4% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
370,637 km230,303 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 05:14 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Tuesday, October 10, 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.