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The Moon on Wednesday, May 10, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on May 10, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 10 May 2006399,159 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 10, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
399,159 km248,026 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 2006 is on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 06:51 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 19:44 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Wednesday, May 10, 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.