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The Moon on Thursday, April 8, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on April 8, 2004Waning Gibbous

Thursday 8 April 2004364,639 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 8, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.7% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
364,639 km226,576 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 2004 is on Monday, April 5, 2004 at 11:03 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 19, 2004 at 13:21 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, April 5, 200411:03
Last Quarter (after)Monday, April 12, 200403:46

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Thursday, April 8, 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.