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The Moon on Wednesday, August 10, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on August 10, 2005Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 10 August 2005395,522 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 10, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.5% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
395,522 km245,766 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 2005 is on Friday, August 19, 2005 at 17:53 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 03:05 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Wednesday, August 10, 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.