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The Moon on Wednesday, October 11, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on October 11, 2006Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 11 October 2006376,769 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 11, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.4% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
376,769 km234,113 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 05:14 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Wednesday, October 11, 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.