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The Moon on Monday, May 24, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on May 24, 2004Waxing Crescent

Monday 24 May 2004402,245 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 24, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.6% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
402,245 km249,943 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2004 is on Thursday, June 3, 2004 at 04:20 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 04:52 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Monday, May 24, 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.