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The Moon on Wednesday, February 4, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on February 4, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 4 February 2004397,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 4, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
397,307 km246,875 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 4, 2004 is on Friday, February 6, 2004 at 08:47 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 21:05 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 4

More about this date

Wednesday, February 4, 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.