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The Moon on Thursday, April 14, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on April 14, 2005Waxing Crescent

Thursday 14 April 2005400,994 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 14, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.5% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
400,994 km249,166 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 2005 is on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 10:07 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 20:32 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Thursday, April 14, 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.