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The Moon on Monday, July 4, 2005: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on July 4, 2005Waning Crescent

Monday 4 July 2005400,312 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 4, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
400,312 km248,742 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 2005 is on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 04:14 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at 12:03 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Monday, July 4, 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.