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The Moon on Saturday, March 20, 2004: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

New Moon at

22:42UTC

Moon phase on March 20, 2004New Moon

Saturday 20 March 2004385,744 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 20, 2004, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
385,744 km239,690 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 13, 200421:01
New Moon (this day)Saturday, March 20, 200422:42
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 28, 200423:48

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Saturday, March 20, 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.