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The Moon on Thursday, August 19, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on August 19, 2004Waxing Crescent

Thursday 19 August 2004384,944 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 19, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.2% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
384,944 km239,193 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 2004 is on Monday, August 30, 2004 at 02:22 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 01:24 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Thursday, August 19, 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.