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The Moon on Friday, November 3, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on November 3, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 November 2006360,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 3, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.0% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
360,788 km224,183 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 3, 2006 is on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 12:58 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 05:14 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 3

More about this date

Friday, November 3, 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.