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The Moon on Monday, January 3, 2005: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 52.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Last Quarter at

17:46UTC

Moon phase on January 3, 2005Last Quarter

Monday 3 January 2005388,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 3, 2005, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.6% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
388,132 km241,174 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 2005 is on Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 15:07 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 10, 2005 at 12:03 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 26, 200415:07
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, January 3, 200517:46
New Moon (after)Monday, January 10, 200512:03

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Monday, January 3, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 2004 to the new moon of January 10, 2005, a cycle of 29.44 days.