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The Moon on Monday, December 11, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

20.6days

Moon phase on December 11, 2006Waning Gibbous

Monday 11 December 2006401,009 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 11, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.6% of its visible face lit, 20.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.6 dMoon age
401,009 km249,176 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 2006 is on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 00:25 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 14:01 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Monday, December 11, 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.