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The Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on September 6, 2005Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 6 September 2005396,782 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 6, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.9% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
396,782 km246,549 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 2005 is on Sunday, September 18, 2005 at 02:01 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at 18:46 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, September 3, 200518:46
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 11, 200511:37

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Tuesday, September 6, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 3, 2005 to the new moon of October 3, 2005, a cycle of 29.65 days.