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The Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on December 7, 2005Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 7 December 2005369,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 7, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.9% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
369,530 km229,615 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 2005 is on Thursday, December 15, 2005 at 16:16 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 1, 2005 at 15:01 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Wednesday, December 7, 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.