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The Moon on Sunday, October 17, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on October 17, 2004Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 October 2004367,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 17, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.5% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
367,861 km228,578 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2004 is on Thursday, October 28, 2004 at 03:08 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 02:48 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Sunday, October 17, 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.