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The Moon on Wednesday, May 5, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on May 5, 2004Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 5 May 2004360,218 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 5, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
360,218 km223,829 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2004 is on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 20:34 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 04:52 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 4, 200420:34
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 11, 200411:04

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Wednesday, May 5, 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.