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The Moon on Monday, October 18, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on October 18, 2004Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 October 2004367,858 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 18, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.6% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
367,858 km228,576 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 2004 is on Thursday, October 28, 2004 at 03:08 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 02:48 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Monday, October 18, 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.