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The Moon on Thursday, April 22, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on April 22, 2004Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 April 2004404,282 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 22, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
404,282 km251,209 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 2004 is on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 20:34 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 19, 2004 at 13:21 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 19, 200413:21
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 27, 200417:33

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Thursday, April 22, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 19, 2004 to the new moon of May 19, 2004, a cycle of 29.65 days.