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The Moon on Friday, October 13, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 55% lit

Waning · 55.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on October 13, 2006Waning Gibbous

Friday 13 October 2006389,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 13, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.4% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
389,022 km241,727 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 2006 is on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 03:13 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 05:14 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Friday, October 13, 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.