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The Moon on Friday, April 8, 2005: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

New Moon at

20:32UTC

Moon phase on April 8, 2005New Moon

Friday 8 April 2005375,732 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 8, 2005, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
375,732 km233,469 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 2005 is on Friday, March 25, 2005 at 20:59 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 20:32 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 2, 200500:51
New Moon (this day)Friday, April 8, 200520:32
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 16, 200514:38

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Friday, April 8, 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.