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The Moon on Thursday, March 18, 2004: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on March 18, 2004Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 March 2004379,094 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 18, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.0% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
379,094 km235,558 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2004 is on Saturday, March 6, 2004 at 23:14 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 20, 2004 at 22:42 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Thursday, March 18, 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.