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The Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on October 5, 2005Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 5 October 2005389,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 5, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
389,228 km241,855 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 2005 is on Monday, October 17, 2005 at 12:14 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:28 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Wednesday, October 5, 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.