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The Moon on Monday, August 22, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on August 22, 2005Waning Gibbous

Monday 22 August 2005366,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 22, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
366,942 km228,007 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2005 is on Friday, August 19, 2005 at 17:53 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 18:46 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 19, 200517:53
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 26, 200515:18

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Monday, August 22, 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.