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The Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 2004: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

New Moon at

21:05UTC

Moon phase on January 21, 2004New Moon

Wednesday 21 January 2004364,926 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 21, 2004, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
364,926 km226,754 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 2004 is on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 15:40 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 21:05 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 15, 200404:46
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, January 21, 200421:05
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 29, 200406:04

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Wednesday, January 21, 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.