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The Moon on Tuesday, July 12, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on July 12, 2005Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 July 2005399,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 12, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.5% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
399,914 km248,495 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Tuesday, July 12, 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.