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The Moon on Tuesday, July 20, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on July 20, 2004Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 July 2004395,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 20, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
395,942 km246,027 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 2004 is on Saturday, July 31, 2004 at 18:05 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 11:24 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 17, 200411:24
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 25, 200403:37

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Tuesday, July 20, 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.