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The Moon on Saturday, December 24, 1904: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on December 24, 1904Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 December 1904373,403 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 24, 1904, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
373,403 km232,022 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1904 is on Thursday, December 22, 1904 at 18:01 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 5, 1905 at 18:17 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 22, 190418:01
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 29, 190415:46

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Saturday, December 24, 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.