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The Moon on Wednesday, April 13, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on April 13, 2005Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 13 April 2005397,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 13, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.0% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
397,694 km247,115 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 2005 is on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 10:07 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 20:32 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Wednesday, April 13, 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.