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The Moon on Thursday, January 1, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 69.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on January 1, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 1 January 2004402,828 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 1, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.7% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
402,828 km250,306 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 2004 is on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 15:40 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at 09:43 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 30, 200310:04
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 7, 200415:40

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Thursday, January 1, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 2003 to the new moon of January 21, 2004, a cycle of 29.47 days.