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The Moon on Thursday, September 9, 2004: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on September 9, 2004Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 September 2004403,289 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 9, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.2% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
403,289 km250,592 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 2004 is on Monday, August 30, 2004 at 02:22 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 14:29 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 6, 200415:11
New Moon (after)Tuesday, September 14, 200414:29

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Thursday, September 9, 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.