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The Moon on Friday, April 30, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 76.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on April 30, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Friday 30 April 2004382,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 30, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.9% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
382,674 km237,783 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 2004 is on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 20:34 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 19, 2004 at 13:21 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Friday, April 30, 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.