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The Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on May 2, 2006Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 2 May 2006391,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 2, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.6% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
391,002 km242,958 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2006 is on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 06:51 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 19:44 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Tuesday, May 2, 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.