[Tex/LaTex] fancyhdr: Footer not centered after changing page geometry

Question

MWE

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\fancyhf{}
\cfoot{something centered in footer}
\lhead{\rule{\textwidth}{3pt}}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\begin{document}
A normal page.

\clearpage
\newgeometry{margin=.5in,includeheadfoot,hcentering}
\lipsum[1-2]

\noindent\rule{\textwidth}{3pt}

\end{document}

Problem

As is shown in the MWE, the footer is not centered on the second page, after the geometry has been changed. Is there a way to correct this?

Answer 1

This will force it to the center:

\cfoot{\makebox[\textwidth][c]{something centered in footer}}

Code:

\documentclass[oneside]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\fancyhf{}
\cfoot{\makebox[\textwidth][c]{something centered in footer}}
\lhead{\rule{\textwidth}{3pt}}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\begin{document}
A normal page.

\clearpage
\newgeometry{margin=.5in,includeheadfoot,hcentering}
\lipsum[1-2]

\noindent\rule{\textwidth}{3pt}

\end{document}