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The Moon on Thursday, September 2, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on September 2, 2004Waning Gibbous

Thursday 2 September 2004386,575 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 2, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
386,575 km240,207 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 2004 is on Monday, August 30, 2004 at 02:22 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 14:29 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Thursday, September 2, 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.