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The Moon on Sunday, December 10, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 69.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on December 10, 2006Waning Gibbous

Sunday 10 December 2006397,538 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 10, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.7% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
397,538 km247,019 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 2006 is on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 00:25 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 14:01 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Sunday, December 10, 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.