Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°
Moon age
1.4days
Moon phase on August 6, 2005Waxing Crescent
On Saturday, August 6, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
405,759 km252,127 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 6, 2005 is on Friday, August 19, 2005 at 17:53 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 03:05 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, August 5, 2005 | 03:05 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, August 13, 2005 | 02:39 |
The Moon around August 6
More about this date
Saturday, August 6, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 5, 2005 to the new moon of September 3, 2005, a cycle of 29.65 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2005, or the whole moon calendar 2005.
- The same date one year apart: 2004 · 2006.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.