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The Moon on Sunday, August 8, 2004: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on August 8, 2004Waning Crescent

Sunday 8 August 2004400,446 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 8, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.5% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
400,446 km248,825 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 2004 is on Saturday, July 31, 2004 at 18:05 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 01:24 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, August 7, 200422:01
New Moon (after)Monday, August 16, 200401:24

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Sunday, August 8, 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.