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The Moon on Monday, January 12, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on January 12, 2004Waning Gibbous

Monday 12 January 2004384,846 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 12, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.6% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
384,846 km239,132 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2004 is on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 15:40 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 21:05 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Monday, January 12, 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.