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The Moon on Thursday, January 29, 2004: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

First Quarter at

06:04UTC

Moon phase on January 29, 2004First Quarter

Thursday 29 January 2004402,081 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 29, 2004, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.5% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
402,081 km249,841 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 2004 is on Friday, February 6, 2004 at 08:47 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 21:05 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 21, 200421:05
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 29, 200406:04
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 6, 200408:47

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Thursday, January 29, 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.