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The Moon on Friday, August 13, 2004: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on August 13, 2004Waning Crescent

Friday 13 August 2004403,161 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 13, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
403,161 km250,512 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Friday, August 13, 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.