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The Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 63.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on March 2, 2005Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 2 March 2005378,205 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 2, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.6% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
378,205 km235,005 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 2005 is on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 04:54 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 24, 200504:54
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 3, 200517:37

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Wednesday, March 2, 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.