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The Moon on Friday, January 30, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on January 30, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Friday 30 January 2004404,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 30, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.8% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
404,070 km251,077 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 2004 is on Friday, February 6, 2004 at 08:47 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 21:05 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 29, 200406:04
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 6, 200408:47

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Friday, January 30, 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.