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The Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on December 3, 2005Waxing Crescent

Saturday 3 December 2005368,828 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 3, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
368,828 km229,179 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 2005 is on Thursday, December 15, 2005 at 16:16 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 1, 2005 at 15:01 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 1, 200515:01
First Quarter (after)Thursday, December 8, 200509:36

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Saturday, December 3, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 1, 2005 to the new moon of December 31, 2005, a cycle of 29.51 days.