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The Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2005: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on March 6, 2005Waning Crescent

Sunday 6 March 2005365,006 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 6, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
365,006 km226,804 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Sunday, March 6, 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.