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The Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 2005: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on March 9, 2005Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 March 2005364,544 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 9, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
364,544 km226,517 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2005 is on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 04:54 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Wednesday, March 9, 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.