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The Moon on Monday, October 30, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on October 30, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Monday 30 October 2006373,496 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 30, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.9% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
373,496 km232,080 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 2006 is on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 12:58 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 05:14 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 29, 200621:26
Full Moon (after)Sunday, November 5, 200612:58

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Monday, October 30, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 22, 2006 to the new moon of November 20, 2006, a cycle of 29.71 days.