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The Moon on Monday, November 6, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on November 6, 2006Waning Gibbous

Monday 6 November 2006365,814 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 6, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
365,814 km227,306 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 6, 2006 is on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 12:58 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 20, 2006 at 22:18 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, November 5, 200612:58
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, November 12, 200617:46

The Moon around November 6

More about this date

Monday, November 6, 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.