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The Moon on Monday, May 8, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on May 8, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Monday 8 May 2006403,700 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 8, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.3% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
403,700 km250,848 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 2006 is on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 06:51 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 19:44 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 5, 200605:13
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 13, 200606:51

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Monday, May 8, 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.