Skip to content
The Moon on Monday, May 2, 2005: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on May 2, 2005Waning Crescent

Monday 2 May 2005371,666 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 2, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.2% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
371,666 km230,943 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2005 is on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 10:07 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 08:46 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 1, 200506:24
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 8, 200508:46

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Monday, May 2, 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.