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The Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 57.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on April 28, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 28 April 2004393,984 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 28, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.7% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
393,984 km244,810 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2004 is on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 20:34 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 19, 2004 at 13:21 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 27, 200417:33
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 4, 200420:34

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Wednesday, April 28, 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.