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The Moon on Monday, October 24, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 55% lit

Waning · 55.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on October 24, 2005Waning Gibbous

Monday 24 October 2005402,153 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 24, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.4% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
402,153 km249,886 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 2005 is on Monday, October 17, 2005 at 12:14 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at 01:25 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 17, 200512:14
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 25, 200501:17

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Monday, October 24, 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.