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The Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1904: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on December 17, 1904Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 December 1904400,732 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 17, 1904, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.5% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
400,732 km249,003 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1904 is on Thursday, December 22, 1904 at 18:01 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 7, 1904 at 03:46 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Saturday, December 17, 1904 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 7, 1904 to the new moon of January 5, 1905, a cycle of 29.60 days.