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The Moon on Friday, March 18, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on March 18, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 March 2005403,509 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 18, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.7% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
403,509 km250,729 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2005 is on Friday, March 25, 2005 at 20:59 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 17, 200519:19
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 25, 200520:59

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Friday, March 18, 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.