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The Moon on Wednesday, February 18, 2004: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on February 18, 2004Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 February 2004370,485 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 18, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
370,485 km230,209 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 2004 is on Friday, February 6, 2004 at 08:47 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 20, 2004 at 09:18 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 13, 200413:40
New Moon (after)Friday, February 20, 200409:18

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Wednesday, February 18, 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.