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The Moon on Thursday, March 31, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 67.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on March 31, 2005Waning Gibbous

Thursday 31 March 2005373,134 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 31, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.2% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
373,134 km231,854 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2005 is on Friday, March 25, 2005 at 20:59 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 20:32 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Thursday, March 31, 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.