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The Moon on Thursday, April 28, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on April 28, 2005Waning Gibbous

Thursday 28 April 2005369,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 28, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.9% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
369,319 km229,484 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2005 is on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 10:07 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 08:46 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 24, 200510:07
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 1, 200506:24

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Thursday, April 28, 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.