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The Moon on Monday, May 1, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on May 1, 2006Waxing Crescent

Monday 1 May 2006385,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 1, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.3% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
385,618 km239,612 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 2006 is on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 06:51 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 19:44 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 27, 200619:44
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 5, 200605:13

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Monday, May 1, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 2006 to the new moon of May 27, 2006, a cycle of 29.40 days.