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The Moon on Wednesday, July 27, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on July 27, 2005Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 27 July 2005380,221 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 27, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.9% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
380,221 km236,258 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 2005 is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 11:00 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 03:05 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Wednesday, July 27, 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.