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The Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on September 18, 2004Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 September 2004374,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 18, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
374,336 km232,602 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 2004 is on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 13:09 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 14:29 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Saturday, September 18, 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.