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The Moon on Monday, December 4, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on December 4, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 December 2006369,685 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 4, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
369,685 km229,712 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 2006 is on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 00:25 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 20, 2006 at 22:18 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, November 28, 200606:29
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 5, 200600:25

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Monday, December 4, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 20, 2006 to the new moon of December 20, 2006, a cycle of 29.65 days.