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The Moon on Thursday, September 16, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on September 16, 2004Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 September 2004379,651 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 16, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
379,651 km235,904 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 2004 is on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 13:09 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 14:29 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 14, 200414:29
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, September 21, 200415:54

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Thursday, September 16, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 14, 2004 to the new moon of October 14, 2004, a cycle of 29.51 days.