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The Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 2005: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on April 5, 2005Waning Crescent

Tuesday 5 April 2005368,918 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 5, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
368,918 km229,235 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 2005 is on Friday, March 25, 2005 at 20:59 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 20:32 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 2, 200500:51
New Moon (after)Friday, April 8, 200520:32

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Tuesday, April 5, 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.