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The Moon on Friday, April 9, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on April 9, 2004Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 April 2004365,700 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 9, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.0% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
365,700 km227,235 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 2004 is on Monday, April 5, 2004 at 11:03 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 19, 2004 at 13:21 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Friday, April 9, 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.