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The Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 45.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on February 15, 2005Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 15 February 2005393,496 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 15, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 45.1% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

45.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
393,496 km244,507 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 2005 is on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 04:54 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at 22:28 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 8, 200522:28
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 16, 200500:16

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Tuesday, February 15, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2005 to the new moon of March 10, 2005, a cycle of 29.45 days.