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The Moon on Thursday, May 25, 2006: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on May 25, 2006Waning Crescent

Thursday 25 May 2006372,038 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 25, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
372,038 km231,174 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2006 is on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 06:51 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 05:26 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Thursday, May 25, 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.