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The Moon on Saturday, July 23, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on July 23, 2005Waning Gibbous

Saturday 23 July 2005359,811 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 23, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.6% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
359,811 km223,576 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 2005 is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 11:00 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 03:05 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 21, 200511:00
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, July 28, 200503:19

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Saturday, July 23, 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.