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The Moon on Sunday, July 31, 2005: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on July 31, 2005Waning Crescent

Sunday 31 July 2005399,528 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 31, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.7% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
399,528 km248,255 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2005 is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 11:00 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 03:05 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Sunday, July 31, 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.