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The Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on December 31, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 31 December 2006373,373 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 31, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.6% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
373,373 km232,003 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2006 is on Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 13:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 14:01 UTC, 11 days earlier.

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Sunday, December 31, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 2006 to the new moon of January 19, 2007, a cycle of 29.58 days.