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The Moon on Sunday, September 12, 2004: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on September 12, 2004Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 September 2004394,590 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 12, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
394,590 km245,187 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 2004 is on Monday, August 30, 2004 at 02:22 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 14:29 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Sunday, September 12, 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.