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The Moon on Friday, May 26, 2006: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on May 26, 2006Waning Crescent

Friday 26 May 2006374,978 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 26, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
374,978 km233,001 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2006 is on Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 06:51 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 05:26 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Friday, May 26, 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.