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The Moon on Wednesday, July 21, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on July 21, 2004Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 21 July 2004392,402 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 21, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
392,402 km243,827 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2004 is on Saturday, July 31, 2004 at 18:05 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 17, 2004 at 11:24 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Wednesday, July 21, 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.