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The Moon on Friday, January 23, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on January 23, 2004Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 January 2004372,664 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 23, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
372,664 km231,563 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2004 is on Friday, February 6, 2004 at 08:47 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 21:05 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 21, 200421:05
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 29, 200406:04

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Friday, January 23, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 2004 to the new moon of February 20, 2004, a cycle of 29.51 days.