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The Moon on Friday, April 2, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on April 2, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Friday 2 April 2004383,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 2, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
383,185 km238,100 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 2004 is on Monday, April 5, 2004 at 11:03 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 20, 2004 at 22:42 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Friday, April 2, 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.