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The Moon on Monday, May 3, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on May 3, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Monday 3 May 2004365,931 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 3, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
365,931 km227,379 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2004 is on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 20:34 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 19, 2004 at 13:21 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Monday, May 3, 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.