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The Moon on Wednesday, May 11, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on May 11, 2005Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 11 May 2005399,478 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 11, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.9% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
399,478 km248,224 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 2005 is on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 20:18 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 08:46 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 8, 200508:46
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 16, 200508:57

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2005 to the new moon of June 6, 2005, a cycle of 29.55 days.