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The Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on March 24, 2004Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 24 March 2004400,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 24, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
400,158 km248,646 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2004 is on Monday, April 5, 2004 at 11:03 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 20, 2004 at 22:42 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 20, 200422:42
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 28, 200423:48

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 20, 2004 to the new moon of April 19, 2004, a cycle of 29.61 days.