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The Moon on Saturday, May 14, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on May 14, 2005Waxing Crescent

Saturday 14 May 2005404,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 14, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
404,585 km251,398 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 2005 is on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 20:18 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 08:46 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Saturday, May 14, 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.