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The Moon on Thursday, August 4, 2005: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on August 4, 2005Waning Crescent

Thursday 4 August 2005406,564 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 4, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
406,564 km252,627 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 2005 is on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 11:00 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 03:05 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Thursday, August 4, 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.