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The Moon on Wednesday, June 23, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on June 23, 2004Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 June 2004394,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 23, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.3% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
394,397 km245,067 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 2004 is on Friday, July 2, 2004 at 11:09 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 20:27 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Wednesday, June 23, 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.