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The Moon on Saturday, July 9, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on July 9, 2005Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 July 2005406,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 9, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
406,112 km252,346 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2005 is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 11:00 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at 12:03 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Saturday, July 9, 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.