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The Moon on Tuesday, October 4, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on October 4, 2005Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 4 October 2005392,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 4, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
392,579 km243,937 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 2005 is on Monday, October 17, 2005 at 12:14 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:28 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 3, 200510:28
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 10, 200519:01

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Tuesday, October 4, 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.