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The Moon on Wednesday, May 17, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on May 17, 2006Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 17 May 2006375,880 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 17, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.5% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
375,880 km233,561 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 2006 is on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 06:51 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 05:26 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Wednesday, May 17, 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.