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The Moon on Sunday, May 29, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on May 29, 2005Waning Gibbous

Sunday 29 May 2005369,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 29, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.4% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
369,231 km229,429 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 2005 is on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 20:18 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 21:55 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 23, 200520:18
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 30, 200511:47

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Sunday, May 29, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2005 to the new moon of June 6, 2005, a cycle of 29.55 days.