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The Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2004: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on May 15, 2004Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 May 2004394,878 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 15, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
394,878 km245,366 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2004 is on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 20:34 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 04:52 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 11, 200411:04
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 19, 200404:52

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Saturday, May 15, 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.