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The Moon on Saturday, October 1, 2005: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on October 1, 2005Waning Crescent

Saturday 1 October 2005401,498 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 1, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
401,498 km249,479 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 2005 is on Sunday, September 18, 2005 at 02:01 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:28 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Saturday, October 1, 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.