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The Moon on Friday, October 15, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on October 15, 2004Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 October 2004370,812 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 15, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
370,812 km230,412 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 2004 is on Thursday, October 28, 2004 at 03:08 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 02:48 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 14, 200402:48
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 20, 200421:59

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Friday, October 15, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 14, 2004 to the new moon of November 12, 2004, a cycle of 29.49 days.