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The Moon on Saturday, July 30, 2005: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on July 30, 2005Waning Crescent

Saturday 30 July 2005395,764 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 30, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.9% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
395,764 km245,916 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 2005 is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 11:00 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 03:05 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Saturday, July 30, 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.