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The Moon on Sunday, May 8, 1904: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 40.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on May 8, 1904Waning Crescent

Sunday 8 May 1904404,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 8, 1904, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.7% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
404,269 km251,201 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1904 is on Friday, April 29, 1904 at 22:36 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 15, 1904 at 10:58 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 7, 190411:51
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 15, 190410:58

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Sunday, May 8, 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.