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The Moon on Thursday, September 1, 2005: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on September 1, 2005Waning Crescent

Thursday 1 September 2005406,137 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 1, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
406,137 km252,362 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 2005 is on Friday, August 19, 2005 at 17:53 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 18:46 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Thursday, September 1, 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.