Waning · 99.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°
Full Moon at
00:25UTC
Moon phase on December 5, 2006Full Moon
On Tuesday, December 5, 2006, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
373,267 km231,937 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Cold Moon, 371,408 km from Earth.
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 5, 2006 is on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 00:25 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 20, 2006 at 22:18 UTC, 15 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Tuesday, November 28, 2006 | 06:29 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Tuesday, December 5, 2006 | 00:25 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Tuesday, December 12, 2006 | 14:32 |
The Moon around December 5
More about this date
Tuesday, December 5, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2006, or the whole moon calendar 2006.
- The same date one year apart: 2005 · 2007.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.