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The Moon on Saturday, July 17, 2004: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

New Moon at

11:24UTC

Moon phase on July 17, 2004New Moon

Saturday 17 July 2004403,678 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 17, 2004, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
403,678 km250,834 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 2004 is on Saturday, July 31, 2004 at 18:05 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 11:24 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, July 9, 200407:34
New Moon (this day)Saturday, July 17, 200411:24
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 25, 200403:37

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Saturday, July 17, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 2004 to the new moon of August 16, 2004, a cycle of 29.58 days.