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The Moon on Saturday, August 14, 2004: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on August 14, 2004Waning Crescent

Saturday 14 August 2004400,947 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 14, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
400,947 km249,137 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 2004 is on Saturday, July 31, 2004 at 18:05 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 01:24 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Saturday, August 14, 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.