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The Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 2006: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on May 24, 2006Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 May 2006370,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 24, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.4% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
370,005 km229,910 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2006 is on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 06:51 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 05:26 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Wednesday, May 24, 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.