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The Moon on Tuesday, August 3, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on August 3, 2004Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 3 August 2004374,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 3, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.8% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
374,096 km232,452 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 2004 is on Saturday, July 31, 2004 at 18:05 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 01:24 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, July 31, 200418:05
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, August 7, 200422:01

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Tuesday, August 3, 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.