Waxing · 51.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°
First Quarter at
10:12UTC
Moon phase on August 23, 2004First Quarter
On Monday, August 23, 2004, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.0% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
51.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
371,620 km230,914 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 23, 2004 is on Monday, August 30, 2004 at 02:22 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 01:24 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, August 16, 2004 | 01:24 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Monday, August 23, 2004 | 10:12 |
| Full Moon (after) | Monday, August 30, 2004 | 02:22 |
The Moon around August 23
More about this date
Monday, August 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2004, or the whole moon calendar 2004.
- The same date one year apart: 2003 · 2005.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.