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The Moon on Sunday, February 22, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on February 22, 2004Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 February 2004385,488 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 22, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
385,488 km239,531 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (30°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 22, 2004 is on Saturday, March 6, 2004 at 23:14 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 20, 2004 at 09:18 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 20, 200409:18
First Quarter (after)Saturday, February 28, 200403:24

The Moon around February 22

More about this date

Sunday, February 22, 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.