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The Moon on Thursday, May 5, 1904: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on May 5, 1904Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 May 1904397,985 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 5, 1904, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.8% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
397,985 km247,296 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1904 is on Friday, April 29, 1904 at 22:36 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 15, 1904 at 10:58 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 29, 190422:36
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 7, 190411:51

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Thursday, May 5, 1904 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1904 to the new moon of May 15, 1904, a cycle of 29.55 days.