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The Moon on Monday, April 11, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on April 11, 2005Waxing Crescent

Monday 11 April 2005388,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 11, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
388,976 km241,699 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 2005 is on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 10:07 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 20:32 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 8, 200520:32
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 16, 200514:38

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Monday, April 11, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 2005 to the new moon of May 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.51 days.