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The Moon on Monday, August 9, 2004: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on August 9, 2004Waning Crescent

Monday 9 August 2004403,236 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 9, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.1% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
403,236 km250,559 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 2004 is on Saturday, July 31, 2004 at 18:05 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 01:24 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Monday, August 9, 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.