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The Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2005: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on December 24, 2005Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 December 2005397,963 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 24, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.6% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
397,963 km247,283 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 2005 is on Thursday, December 15, 2005 at 16:16 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 31, 2005 at 03:12 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 23, 200519:36
New Moon (after)Saturday, December 31, 200503:12

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Saturday, December 24, 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.