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The Moon on Friday, July 29, 2005: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on July 29, 2005Waning Crescent

Friday 29 July 2005391,203 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 29, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.2% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
391,203 km243,082 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 2005 is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 11:00 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 03:05 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 28, 200503:19
New Moon (after)Friday, August 5, 200503:05

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Friday, July 29, 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.