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The Moon on Saturday, September 24, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 57.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on September 24, 2005Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 September 2005395,280 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 24, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.8% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
395,280 km245,615 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 2005 is on Sunday, September 18, 2005 at 02:01 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:28 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Saturday, September 24, 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.