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The Moon on Sunday, June 20, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on June 20, 2004Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 June 2004403,805 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 20, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
403,805 km250,913 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 2004 is on Friday, July 2, 2004 at 11:09 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 20:27 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 17, 200420:27
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 25, 200419:08

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Sunday, June 20, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 17, 2004 to the new moon of July 17, 2004, a cycle of 29.62 days.