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The Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on March 15, 2005Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 15 March 2005392,740 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 15, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
392,740 km244,037 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2005 is on Friday, March 25, 2005 at 20:59 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 10, 200509:10
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 17, 200519:19

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Tuesday, March 15, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 10, 2005 to the new moon of April 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.47 days.