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The Moon on Friday, February 20, 2004: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

New Moon at

09:18UTC

Moon phase on February 20, 2004New Moon

Friday 20 February 2004376,546 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 20, 2004, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
376,546 km233,975 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 2004 is on Friday, February 6, 2004 at 08:47 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 20, 2004 at 09:18 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 13, 200413:40
New Moon (this day)Friday, February 20, 200409:18
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 28, 200403:24

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Friday, February 20, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 2004 to the new moon of March 20, 2004, a cycle of 29.56 days.