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The Moon on Friday, June 17, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on June 17, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 June 2005384,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 17, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.9% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
384,351 km238,824 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 2005 is on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 04:14 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 21:55 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 15, 200501:22
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 22, 200504:14

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Friday, June 17, 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.