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The Moon on Monday, August 1, 2005: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on August 1, 2005Waning Crescent

Monday 1 August 2005402,461 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 1, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.8% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
402,461 km250,078 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 2005 is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 11:00 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 03:05 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Monday, August 1, 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.