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The Moon on Monday, August 29, 2005: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on August 29, 2005Waning Crescent

Monday 29 August 2005403,055 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 29, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.5% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
403,055 km250,447 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2005 is on Friday, August 19, 2005 at 17:53 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 18:46 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Monday, August 29, 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.