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The Moon on Sunday, April 17, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 58.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on April 17, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 April 2005403,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 17, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.5% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
403,952 km251,004 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 2005 is on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 10:07 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 20:32 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 16, 200514:38
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 24, 200510:07

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Sunday, April 17, 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.