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The Moon on Friday, July 16, 2004: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on July 16, 2004Waning Crescent

Friday 16 July 2004405,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 16, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
405,179 km251,767 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 2004 is on Friday, July 2, 2004 at 11:09 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 11:24 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Friday, July 16, 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.