Updated:  19 April 2007

2006 Phases of the Moon

Representation of Moonphases from New Moon First Quarter to Full Moon Last Quarter in days(d) hours(h) minutes(m) for full calendar year. Table section explanations are available by following the links on each section heading.

NOTE: All Times are in Universal Time (UTC). Remember to add the time offset from UTC for your locality.

        New Moon   First Quarter       Full Moon    Last Quarter    

         d  h  m         d  h  m         d  h  m         d  h  m

                    Jan  6 18 56    Jan 14  9 48    Jan 22 15 14
    Jan 29 14 15    Feb  5  6 29    Feb 13  4 44    Feb 21  7 17
    Feb 28  0 31    Mar  6 20 16    Mar 14 23 35    Mar 22 19 10
    Mar 29 10 15    Apr  5 12 01    Apr 13 16 40    Apr 21  3 28
    Apr 27 19 44    May  5  5 13    May 13  6 51    May 20  9 21
    May 27  5 26    Jun  3 23 06    Jun 11 18 03    Jun 18 14 08
    Jun 25 16 05    Jul  3 16 37    Jul 11  3 02    Jul 17 19 13
    Jul 25  4 31    Aug  2  8 46    Aug  9 10 54    Aug 16  1 51
    Aug 23 19 10    Aug 31 22 56    Sep  7 18 42    Sep 14 11 15
    Sep 22 11 45    Sep 30 11 04    Oct  7  3 13    Oct 14  0 26
    Oct 22  5 14    Oct 29 21 25    Nov  5 12 58    Nov 12 17 45
    Nov 20 22 18    Nov 28  6 29    Dec  5  0 25    Dec 12 14 32
    Dec 20 14 01    Dec 27 14 48  

             Perigee                                                    Apogee
---------------------------------   ---------------------------------
Jan  1 22:51 361749 km    N+1d19h   Jan 17 19:08 405885 km    F+3d 9h
Jan 30  7:48 357780 km    N+  17h   Feb 14  0:49 406360 km +  F+  20h
Feb 27 20:28 356884 km -- N-   4h   Mar 13  1:45 406272 km +  F-1d21h
Mar 28  7:14 359169 km    N-1d 3h   Apr  9 13:17 405549 km    F-4d 3h
Apr 25 10:39 363735 km    N-2d 9h   May  7  6:48 404571 km    F-6d 0h
May 22 15:30 368614 km    N-4d13h   Jun  4  1:42 404079 km    F-7d16h
Jun 16 17:09 368925 km    F+4d23h   Jul  1 20:14 404447 km    N+6d 4h
Jul 13 17:36 364286 km    F+2d14h   Jul 29 13:03 405404 km    N+4d 8h
Aug 10 18:29 359754 km    F+1d 7h   Aug 26  1:24 406270 km -  N+2d 6h
Sep  8  3:08 357174 km +  F+   8h   Sep 22  5:22 406498 km -- N-   6h
Oct  6 14:08 357409 km    F-  13h   Oct 19  9:36 406073 km -  N-2d19h
Nov  3 23:52 360597 km    F-1d13h   Nov 15 23:21 405192 km    N-4d22h
Dec  2  0:07 365922 km    F-3d 0h   Dec 13 18:57 404416 km    N-6d19h
Dec 28  1:49 370320 km    F-6d12h   

		2006                        2006
Perihelion  Jan   4 15    Equinoxes  Mar   20 18 26    Sept  23 04 03
Aphelion    July  3 23    Solstices  June  21 12 26    Dec   22 00 22

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