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The Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2005: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

New Moon at

18:46UTC

Moon phase on September 3, 2005New Moon

Saturday 3 September 2005404,088 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 3, 2005, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
404,088 km251,088 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 2005 is on Sunday, September 18, 2005 at 02:01 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 18:46 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 26, 200515:18
New Moon (this day)Saturday, September 3, 200518:46
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 11, 200511:37

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Saturday, September 3, 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.