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The Moon on Thursday, October 12, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 65.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on October 12, 2006Waning Gibbous

Thursday 12 October 2006383,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 12, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.6% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
383,049 km238,015 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 05:14 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Thursday, October 12, 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.