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The Moon on Friday, August 27, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on August 27, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 August 2004365,138 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 27, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
365,138 km226,886 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 2004 is on Monday, August 30, 2004 at 02:22 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 01:24 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Friday, August 27, 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.