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The Moon on Sunday, January 18, 2004: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on January 18, 2004Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 January 2004363,955 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 18, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
363,955 km226,151 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 2004 is on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 15:40 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 21:05 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Sunday, January 18, 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.