Waxing · 19.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°
Moon age
4.3days
Moon phase on May 31, 2006Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, May 31, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
396,482 km246,363 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 31, 2006 is on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 18:03 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 05:26 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, May 27, 2006 | 05:26 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, June 3, 2006 | 23:06 |
The Moon around May 31
More about this date
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 2006 to the new moon of June 25, 2006, a cycle of 29.44 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 2006, or the whole moon calendar 2006.
- The same date one year apart: 2005 · 2007.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.