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The Moon on Friday, October 8, 2004: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on October 8, 2004Waning Crescent

Friday 8 October 2004400,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 8, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.8% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
400,089 km248,604 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 2004 is on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 13:09 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 02:48 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 6, 200410:12
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 14, 200402:48

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Friday, October 8, 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.