Waning · 96.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°
Moon age
15.9days
Moon phase on December 17, 2005Waning Gibbous
On Saturday, December 17, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.5% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
96.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
398,744 km247,768 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 17, 2005 is on Thursday, December 15, 2005 at 16:16 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 31, 2005 at 03:12 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, December 15, 2005 | 16:16 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, December 23, 2005 | 19:36 |
The Moon around December 17
More about this date
Saturday, December 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2005, or the whole moon calendar 2005.
- The same date one year apart: 2004 · 2006.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.