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The Moon on Friday, May 19, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on May 19, 2006Waning Gibbous

Friday 19 May 2006371,613 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 19, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.2% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
371,613 km230,910 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 2006 is on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 06:51 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 05:26 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Friday, May 19, 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.