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The Moon on Sunday, September 5, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on September 5, 2004Waning Gibbous

Sunday 5 September 2004400,138 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 5, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.9% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
400,138 km248,634 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 2004 is on Monday, August 30, 2004 at 02:22 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 14:29 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Sunday, September 5, 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.