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The Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 2004: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on March 17, 2004Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 March 2004376,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 17, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.6% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
376,399 km233,883 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2004 is on Saturday, March 6, 2004 at 23:14 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 20, 2004 at 22:42 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Wednesday, March 17, 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.