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The Moon on Monday, September 26, 2005: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on September 26, 2005Waning Crescent

Monday 26 September 2005402,645 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 26, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.4% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
402,645 km250,192 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 2005 is on Sunday, September 18, 2005 at 02:01 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:28 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, September 25, 200506:41
New Moon (after)Monday, October 3, 200510:28

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Monday, September 26, 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.