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The Moon on Tuesday, May 2, 1905: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on May 2, 1905Waning Crescent

Tuesday 2 May 1905405,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 2, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
405,796 km252,150 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 1905 is on Wednesday, April 19, 1905 at 13:38 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 4, 1905 at 15:50 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 26, 190511:14
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 4, 190515:50

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Tuesday, May 2, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1905 to the new moon of May 4, 1905, a cycle of 29.68 days.