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The Moon on Friday, September 3, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on September 3, 2004Waning Gibbous

Friday 3 September 2004391,748 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 3, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.8% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
391,748 km243,421 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 2004 is on Monday, August 30, 2004 at 02:22 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 14:29 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Friday, September 3, 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.