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The Moon on Sunday, May 1, 2005: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Last Quarter at

06:24UTC

Moon phase on May 1, 2005Last Quarter

Sunday 1 May 2005370,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 1, 2005, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.4% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
370,286 km230,085 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 2005 is on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 10:07 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 08:46 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 24, 200510:07
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, May 1, 200506:24
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 8, 200508:46

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Sunday, May 1, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 2005 to the new moon of May 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.51 days.