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The Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 2004: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

New Moon at

04:52UTC

Moon phase on May 19, 2004New Moon

Wednesday 19 May 2004404,805 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 19, 2004, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
404,805 km251,534 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 11, 200411:04
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, May 19, 200404:52
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 27, 200407:57

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2004 to the new moon of June 17, 2004, a cycle of 29.65 days.