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The Moon on Friday, January 9, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on January 9, 2004Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 January 2004395,126 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 9, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.5% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
395,126 km245,520 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 2004 is on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 15:40 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 21:05 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 7, 200415:40
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 15, 200404:46

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Friday, January 9, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 2003 to the new moon of January 21, 2004, a cycle of 29.47 days.