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The Moon on Monday, October 3, 2005: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

New Moon at

10:28UTC

Moon phase on October 3, 2005New Moon

Monday 3 October 2005395,824 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 3, 2005, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
395,824 km245,954 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 2005 is on Monday, October 17, 2005 at 12:14 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:28 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, September 25, 200506:41
New Moon (this day)Monday, October 3, 200510:28
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 10, 200519:01

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Monday, October 3, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 3, 2005 to the new moon of November 2, 2005, a cycle of 29.62 days.