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The Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on August 31, 2004Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 31 August 2004376,176 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 31, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
376,176 km233,745 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 2004 is on Monday, August 30, 2004 at 02:22 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 14:29 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 30, 200402:22
Last Quarter (after)Monday, September 6, 200415:11

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Tuesday, August 31, 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.