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The Moon on Saturday, April 30, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on April 30, 2005Waning Gibbous

Saturday 30 April 2005369,379 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 30, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.9% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
369,379 km229,521 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 2005 is on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 10:07 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 8, 2005 at 08:46 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Saturday, April 30, 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.