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The Moon on Thursday, June 23, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on June 23, 2005Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 June 2005359,664 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 23, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
359,664 km223,485 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 2005 is on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 04:14 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at 12:03 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, June 22, 200504:14
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 28, 200518:24

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Thursday, June 23, 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.