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The Moon on Thursday, July 15, 2004: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on July 15, 2004Waning Crescent

Thursday 15 July 2004406,027 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 15, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
406,027 km252,293 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 2004 is on Friday, July 2, 2004 at 11:09 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 11:24 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 9, 200407:34
New Moon (after)Saturday, July 17, 200411:24

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Thursday, July 15, 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.