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The Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on August 17, 2004Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 August 2004391,820 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 17, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
391,820 km243,465 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2004 is on Monday, August 30, 2004 at 02:22 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 01:24 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 16, 200401:24
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 23, 200410:12

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Tuesday, August 17, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 2004 to the new moon of September 14, 2004, a cycle of 29.55 days.