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The Moon on Thursday, November 9, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on November 9, 2006Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 November 2006382,000 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 9, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.6% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
382,000 km237,364 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 9, 2006 is on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 12:58 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 20, 2006 at 22:18 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around November 9

More about this date

Thursday, November 9, 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.