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The Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 2004: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on August 11, 2004Waning Crescent

Wednesday 11 August 2004405,274 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 11, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.6% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
405,274 km251,825 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 2004 is on Saturday, July 31, 2004 at 18:05 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 01:24 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Wednesday, August 11, 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.