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The Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on March 22, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 22 March 2005401,296 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 22, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.0% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
401,296 km249,354 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 2005 is on Friday, March 25, 2005 at 20:59 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Tuesday, March 22, 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.