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The Moon on Saturday, April 2, 2005: Last Quarter, 45% lit

Waning · 44.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Last Quarter at

00:51UTC

Moon phase on April 2, 2005Last Quarter

Saturday 2 April 2005369,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 2, 2005, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 44.8% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

44.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
369,785 km229,774 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 2005 is on Friday, March 25, 2005 at 20:59 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 20:32 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 25, 200520:59
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, April 2, 200500:51
New Moon (after)Friday, April 8, 200520:32

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Saturday, April 2, 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.