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The Moon on Saturday, July 3, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on July 3, 2004Waning Gibbous

Saturday 3 July 2004359,715 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 3, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
359,715 km223,517 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 2004 is on Friday, July 2, 2004 at 11:09 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 11:24 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, July 2, 200411:09
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 9, 200407:34

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Saturday, July 3, 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.