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The Moon on Friday, October 28, 2005: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on October 28, 2005Waning Crescent

Friday 28 October 2005401,842 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 28, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.7% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
401,842 km249,693 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 2005 is on Monday, October 17, 2005 at 12:14 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at 01:25 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Friday, October 28, 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.