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The Moon on Friday, April 1, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on April 1, 2005Waning Gibbous

Friday 1 April 2005371,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 1, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.2% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
371,253 km230,686 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 2005 is on Friday, March 25, 2005 at 20:59 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 20:32 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Friday, April 1, 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.