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The Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 2005: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Last Quarter at

07:27UTC

Moon phase on February 2, 2005Last Quarter

Wednesday 2 February 2005378,184 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 2, 2005, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.1% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
378,184 km234,992 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 2005 is on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 10:33 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at 22:28 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 25, 200510:33
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, February 2, 200507:27
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 8, 200522:28

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Wednesday, February 2, 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.