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The Moon on Friday, May 5, 1905: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on May 5, 1905Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 May 1905400,837 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 5, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
400,837 km249,069 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1905 is on Thursday, May 18, 1905 at 21:36 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 4, 1905 at 15:50 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 4, 190515:50
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 12, 190506:46

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Friday, May 5, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1905 to the new moon of June 3, 1905, a cycle of 29.59 days.