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The Moon on Thursday, August 26, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on August 26, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 August 2004365,407 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 26, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.8% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
365,407 km227,054 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2004 is on Monday, August 30, 2004 at 02:22 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 01:24 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Thursday, August 26, 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.