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The Moon on Monday, August 8, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on August 8, 2005Waxing Crescent

Monday 8 August 2005402,156 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 8, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.1% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
402,156 km249,888 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 2005 is on Friday, August 19, 2005 at 17:53 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 03:05 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 5, 200503:05
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 13, 200502:39

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Monday, August 8, 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.