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The Moon on Thursday, February 5, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on February 5, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 5 February 2004393,895 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 5, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
393,895 km244,755 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 2004 is on Friday, February 6, 2004 at 08:47 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at 21:05 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Thursday, February 5, 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.