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The Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2007: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on May 15, 2007Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 May 2007359,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 15, 2007, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
359,397 km223,319 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 2007 is on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at 10:10 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 19:27 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 10, 200704:27
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 16, 200719:27

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 2007 to the new moon of May 16, 2007, a cycle of 29.33 days.