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The Moon on Friday, May 12, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on May 12, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 May 2006392,301 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 12, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
392,301 km243,765 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2006 is on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 06:51 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 19:44 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Friday, May 12, 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.