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The Moon on Sunday, August 28, 2005: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on August 28, 2005Waning Crescent

Sunday 28 August 2005400,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 28, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.1% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
400,008 km248,553 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2005 is on Friday, August 19, 2005 at 17:53 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 18:46 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 26, 200515:18
New Moon (after)Saturday, September 3, 200518:46

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Sunday, August 28, 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.