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The Moon on Wednesday, November 9, 2005: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

First Quarter at

01:57UTC

Moon phase on November 9, 2005First Quarter

Wednesday 9 November 2005370,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 9, 2005, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.9% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
370,065 km229,948 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 9, 2005 is on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at 00:58 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at 01:25 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, November 2, 200501:25
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, November 9, 200501:57
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, November 16, 200500:58

The Moon around November 9

More about this date

Wednesday, November 9, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 2, 2005 to the new moon of December 1, 2005, a cycle of 29.57 days.