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The Moon on Wednesday, August 4, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on August 4, 2004Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 4 August 2004379,990 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 4, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.3% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
379,990 km236,115 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 2004 is on Saturday, July 31, 2004 at 18:05 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 01:24 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Wednesday, August 4, 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.