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The Moon on Sunday, May 21, 2006: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on May 21, 2006Waning Crescent

Sunday 21 May 2006369,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 21, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.5% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
369,050 km229,317 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 2006 is on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 06:51 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 05:26 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 20, 200609:21
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 27, 200605:26

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Sunday, May 21, 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.