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The Moon on Saturday, January 17, 2004: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on January 17, 2004Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 January 2004366,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 17, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.0% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
366,252 km227,578 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 2004 is on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 15:40 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 21:05 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Saturday, January 17, 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.