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The Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

7.3days

Moon phase on May 26, 2004Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 26 May 2004394,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 26, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.8% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
394,625 km245,209 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2004 is on Thursday, June 3, 2004 at 04:20 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 04:52 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Wednesday, May 26, 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.