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The Moon on Friday, September 17, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on September 17, 2004Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 September 2004376,739 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 17, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.6% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
376,739 km234,095 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 2004 is on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 13:09 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 14:29 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Friday, September 17, 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.