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The Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 2005: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on August 2, 2005Waning Crescent

Tuesday 2 August 2005404,583 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 2, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
404,583 km251,396 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 2005 is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 11:00 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 03:05 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Tuesday, August 2, 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.