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The Moon on Friday, January 28, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on January 28, 2005Waning Gibbous

Friday 28 January 2005399,518 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 28, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.5% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
399,518 km248,249 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 2005 is on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 10:33 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at 22:28 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 25, 200510:33
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 2, 200507:27

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Friday, January 28, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 2005 to the new moon of February 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.43 days.