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The Moon on Friday, January 16, 2004: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on January 16, 2004Waning Crescent

Friday 16 January 2004369,408 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 16, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.6% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
369,408 km229,539 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 2004 is on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 15:40 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 21:05 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 15, 200404:46
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 21, 200421:05

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Friday, January 16, 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.