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The Moon on Sunday, June 5, 2005: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on June 5, 2005Waning Crescent

Sunday 5 June 2005393,517 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 5, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
393,517 km244,520 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 2005 is on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 20:18 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 21:55 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Sunday, June 5, 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.