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The Moon on Saturday, April 17, 2004: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on April 17, 2004Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 April 2004390,982 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 17, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
390,982 km242,945 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 2004 is on Monday, April 5, 2004 at 11:03 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 19, 2004 at 13:21 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 12, 200403:46
New Moon (after)Monday, April 19, 200413:21

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Saturday, April 17, 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.