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The Moon on Friday, May 7, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on May 7, 2004Waning Gibbous

Friday 7 May 2004361,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 7, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.9% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
361,232 km224,459 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 2004 is on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 20:34 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 04:52 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Friday, May 7, 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.