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Moon phases May 2006

First quarter
Fri 05 May
05:13 UTC
Full · Flower
Sat 13 May
06:51 UTC
Last quarter
Sat 20 May
09:21 UTC
New moon
Sat 27 May
05:26 UTC

In May 2006 the primary moon phases are the First Quarter on Friday, May 5 at 05:13 UTC, the Full Moon on Saturday, May 13 at 06:51 UTC, the Last Quarter on Saturday, May 20 at 09:21 UTC and the New Moon on Saturday, May 27 at 05:26 UTC. The full moon is the Flower Moon.

01 Waxing Crescent, 16% lit 16% 02 Waxing Crescent, 25% lit 25% 03 Waxing Crescent, 34% lit 34% 04 Waxing Crescent, 43% lit 43% 05First Q First Quarter, 53% lit 53%05:13 06 Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 07 Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 08 Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 09 Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 10 Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 13Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%06:51 14 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 15 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 16 Waning Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 17 Waning Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 18 Waning Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 19 Waning Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 20Last Q Last Quarter, 49% lit 49%09:21 21 Waning Crescent, 37% lit 37% 22 Waning Crescent, 27% lit 27% 23 Waning Crescent, 17% lit 17% 24 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 25 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 26 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 27New New Moon, 0% lit 0%05:26 28 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 29 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 30 Waxing Crescent, 12% lit 12% 31 Waxing Crescent, 19% lit 19%

Exact phase times

May 2006 has four primary moon phases: the First Quarter on May 5, the Full Moon on May 13, the Last Quarter on May 20 and the New Moon on May 27.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
First QuarterFriday, May 5, 200605:13
Full MoonSaturday, May 13, 200606:51
Last QuarterSaturday, May 20, 200609:21
New MoonSaturday, May 27, 200605:26

Saturday, May 13, 2006: Flower Moon, 389,394 km from Earth.

Full moons · 2006

Twelve full moons, four super

14 Jan Wolf Micromoon 13 Feb Snow Micromoon 14 Mar Worm penumbral eclipse 13 Apr Pink 13 May Flower 11 Jun Straw­berry 11 Jul Buck 09 Aug Sturgeon Supermoon 07 Sept Corn partial eclipse 07 Oct Harvest Supermoon 05 Nov Beaver Supermoon 05 Dec Cold