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The Moon on Saturday, October 9, 2004: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on October 9, 2004Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 October 2004396,445 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 9, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.2% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
396,445 km246,340 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2004 is on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 13:09 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 02:48 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Saturday, October 9, 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.