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The Moon on Wednesday, June 16, 2004: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on June 16, 2004Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 June 2004406,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 16, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
406,096 km252,336 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 2004 is on Thursday, June 3, 2004 at 04:20 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 20:27 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 9, 200420:02
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 17, 200420:27

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Wednesday, June 16, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2004 to the new moon of June 17, 2004, a cycle of 29.65 days.