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The Moon on Friday, June 3, 2005: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on June 3, 2005Waning Crescent

Friday 3 June 2005386,624 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 3, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.7% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
386,624 km240,237 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 2005 is on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 20:18 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 21:55 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, May 30, 200511:47
New Moon (after)Monday, June 6, 200521:55

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Friday, June 3, 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.