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The Moon on Wednesday, May 4, 2005: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on May 4, 2005Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 May 2005375,723 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
375,723 km233,464 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 2005 is on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 10:07 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 08:46 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Wednesday, May 4, 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.