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The Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 2005: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on March 8, 2005Waning Crescent

Tuesday 8 March 2005363,309 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 8, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
363,309 km225,749 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 2005 is on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 04:54 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Tuesday, March 8, 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.