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The Moon on Friday, March 12, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 65.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on March 12, 2004Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 March 2004369,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 12, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.6% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
369,532 km229,616 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2004 is on Saturday, March 6, 2004 at 23:14 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 20, 2004 at 22:42 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 6, 200423:14
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 13, 200421:01

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Friday, March 12, 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.