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The Moon on Thursday, May 11, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on May 11, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 May 2006395,896 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 11, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
395,896 km245,998 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 2006 is on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 06:51 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 19:44 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Thursday, May 11, 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.