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The Moon on Monday, April 26, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on April 26, 2004Waxing Crescent

Monday 26 April 2004401,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 26, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.3% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
401,925 km249,744 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 2004 is on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 20:34 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 19, 2004 at 13:21 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Monday, April 26, 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.