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The Moon on Wednesday, July 6, 2005: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

New Moon at

12:03UTC

Moon phase on July 6, 2005New Moon

Wednesday 6 July 2005404,547 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 6, 2005, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
404,547 km251,374 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 28, 200518:24
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, July 6, 200512:03
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 14, 200515:20

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Wednesday, July 6, 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.