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The Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 2004: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on March 16, 2004Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 March 2004374,155 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 16, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.1% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
374,155 km232,489 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2004 is on Saturday, March 6, 2004 at 23:14 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 20, 2004 at 22:42 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 13, 200421:01
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 20, 200422:42

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Tuesday, March 16, 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.