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The Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 2005: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on May 3, 2005Waning Crescent

Tuesday 3 May 2005373,481 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 3, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.7% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
373,481 km232,071 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2005 is on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 10:07 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 08:46 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Tuesday, May 3, 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.