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The Moon on Thursday, August 25, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on August 25, 2005Waning Gibbous

Thursday 25 August 2005385,102 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 25, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.8% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
385,102 km239,291 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 2005 is on Friday, August 19, 2005 at 17:53 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 18:46 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Thursday, August 25, 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.