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The Moon on Sunday, January 4, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on January 4, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 4 January 2004405,498 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 4, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.2% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
405,498 km251,965 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 2004 is on Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 15:40 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at 09:43 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Sunday, January 4, 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.