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The Moon on Friday, September 23, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 67.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on September 23, 2005Waning Gibbous

Friday 23 September 2005390,108 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 23, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.5% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
390,108 km242,402 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 2005 is on Sunday, September 18, 2005 at 02:01 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:28 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 18, 200502:01
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, September 25, 200506:41

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Friday, September 23, 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.