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The Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 37.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on March 16, 2005Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 16 March 2005397,388 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 16, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.6% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
397,388 km246,925 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2005 is on Friday, March 25, 2005 at 20:59 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Wednesday, March 16, 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.