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The Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on December 4, 2005Waxing Crescent

Sunday 4 December 2005367,591 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 4, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
367,591 km228,411 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 2005 is on Thursday, December 15, 2005 at 16:16 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 1, 2005 at 15:01 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Sunday, December 4, 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.