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The Moon on Sunday, May 23, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on May 23, 2004Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 May 2004404,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 23, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.0% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
404,532 km251,364 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 2004 is on Thursday, June 3, 2004 at 04:20 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 04:52 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Sunday, May 23, 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.