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The Moon on Friday, September 2, 2005: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on September 2, 2005Waning Crescent

Friday 2 September 2005405,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 2, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
405,448 km251,934 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 2005 is on Friday, August 19, 2005 at 17:53 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 18:46 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Friday, September 2, 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.