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The Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on March 24, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 24 March 2005394,993 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 24, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
394,993 km245,437 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2005 is on Friday, March 25, 2005 at 20:59 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Thursday, March 24, 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.