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The Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on March 31, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 March 2004393,685 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 31, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.6% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
393,685 km244,624 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2004 is on Monday, April 5, 2004 at 11:03 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 20, 2004 at 22:42 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 28, 200423:48
Full Moon (after)Monday, April 5, 200411:03

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Wednesday, March 31, 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.