Waxing · 9.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°
Moon age
3.1days
Moon phase on October 6, 2005Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, October 6, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.6% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
9.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
385,846 km239,754 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 6, 2005 is on Monday, October 17, 2005 at 12:14 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:28 UTC, 3 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, October 3, 2005 | 10:28 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, October 10, 2005 | 19:01 |
The Moon around October 6
More about this date
Thursday, October 6, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2005, or the whole moon calendar 2005.
- The same date one year apart: 2004 · 2006.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.