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The Moon on Friday, December 8, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on December 8, 2006Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 December 2006388,108 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 8, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.1% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
388,108 km241,159 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (0°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 2006 is on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 00:25 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 14:01 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 5, 200600:25
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 12, 200614:32

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Friday, December 8, 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.