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The Moon on Sunday, March 27, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on March 27, 2005Waning Gibbous

Sunday 27 March 2005384,164 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 27, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
384,164 km238,708 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2005 is on Friday, March 25, 2005 at 20:59 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 20:32 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 25, 200520:59
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, April 2, 200500:51

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Sunday, March 27, 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.