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The Moon on Tuesday, March 2, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on March 2, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 2 March 2004398,558 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 2, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.9% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
398,558 km247,652 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 2004 is on Saturday, March 6, 2004 at 23:14 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 20, 2004 at 09:18 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, February 28, 200403:24
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 6, 200423:14

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Tuesday, March 2, 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.