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The Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on August 24, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 24 August 2004368,882 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 24, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.3% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
368,882 km229,213 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 2004 is on Monday, August 30, 2004 at 02:22 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 01:24 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 23, 200410:12
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 30, 200402:22

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Tuesday, August 24, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 2004 to the new moon of September 14, 2004, a cycle of 29.55 days.