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The Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 2005: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on September 28, 2005Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 September 2005405,285 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 28, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.2% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
405,285 km251,832 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around September 28

More about this date

Wednesday, September 28, 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.