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The Moon on Friday, August 20, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on August 20, 2004Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 August 2004381,479 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 20, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.0% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
381,479 km237,040 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2004 is on Monday, August 30, 2004 at 02:22 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 01:24 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Friday, August 20, 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.