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The Moon on Saturday, May 22, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on May 22, 2004Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 May 2004405,839 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 22, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.6% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
405,839 km252,176 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2004 is on Thursday, June 3, 2004 at 04:20 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 04:52 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 19, 200404:52
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 27, 200407:57

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Saturday, May 22, 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.