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The Moon on Friday, March 5, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on March 5, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Friday 5 March 2004385,868 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 5, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
385,868 km239,767 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 2004 is on Saturday, March 6, 2004 at 23:14 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 20, 2004 at 09:18 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Friday, March 5, 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.