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The Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2004: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on May 18, 2004Waning Crescent

Tuesday 18 May 2004403,128 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 18, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
403,128 km250,492 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2004 is on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 20:34 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 04:52 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Tuesday, May 18, 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.