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The Moon on Friday, March 4, 2005: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on March 4, 2005Waning Crescent

Friday 4 March 2005370,739 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 4, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.5% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
370,739 km230,366 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 2005 is on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 04:54 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 3, 200517:37
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 10, 200509:10

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Friday, March 4, 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.