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The Moon on Tuesday, January 20, 2004: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on January 20, 2004Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 January 2004363,120 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
363,120 km225,632 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 2004 is on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 15:40 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 21:05 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Tuesday, January 20, 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.