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The Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on June 8, 2005Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 8 June 2005402,114 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 8, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
402,114 km249,862 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 2005 is on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 04:14 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 21:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 6, 200521:55
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 15, 200501:22

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Wednesday, June 8, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 6, 2005 to the new moon of July 6, 2005, a cycle of 29.59 days.