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The Moon on Sunday, May 14, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on May 14, 2006Waning Gibbous

Sunday 14 May 2006385,000 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 14, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
385,000 km239,228 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 2006 is on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 06:51 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 05:26 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 13, 200606:51
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 20, 200609:21

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Sunday, May 14, 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.