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The Moon on Wednesday, November 8, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on November 8, 2006Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 8 November 2006376,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 8, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
376,008 km233,640 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 2006 is on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 12:58 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 20, 2006 at 22:18 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Wednesday, November 8, 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.