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The Moon on Saturday, October 29, 2005: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on October 29, 2005Waning Crescent

Saturday 29 October 2005399,017 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 29, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
399,017 km247,938 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 2005 is on Monday, October 17, 2005 at 12:14 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at 01:25 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Saturday, October 29, 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.