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The Moon on Thursday, July 7, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on July 7, 2005Waxing Crescent

Thursday 7 July 2005405,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 7, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
405,778 km252,138 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 7, 2005 is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 11:00 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at 12:03 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 6, 200512:03
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 14, 200515:20

The Moon around July 7

More about this date

Thursday, July 7, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 6, 2005 to the new moon of August 5, 2005, a cycle of 29.63 days.