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The Moon on Sunday, May 2, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on May 2, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 2 May 2004370,851 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 2, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
370,851 km230,436 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2004 is on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 20:34 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 19, 2004 at 13:21 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 27, 200417:33
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 4, 200420:34

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Sunday, May 2, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 19, 2004 to the new moon of May 19, 2004, a cycle of 29.65 days.