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The Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 2005: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on October 26, 2005Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 October 2005404,474 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 26, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.6% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
404,474 km251,329 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 2005 is on Monday, October 17, 2005 at 12:14 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at 01:25 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 25, 200501:17
New Moon (after)Wednesday, November 2, 200501:25

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Wednesday, October 26, 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.