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The Moon on Wednesday, June 29, 2005: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on June 29, 2005Waning Crescent

Wednesday 29 June 2005380,761 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 29, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.2% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
380,761 km236,594 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 2005 is on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 04:14 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at 12:03 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 28, 200518:24
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 6, 200512:03

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Wednesday, June 29, 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.