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The Moon on Saturday, August 28, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on August 28, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 August 2004366,091 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 28, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
366,091 km227,478 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2004 is on Monday, August 30, 2004 at 02:22 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 16, 2004 at 01:24 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Saturday, August 28, 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.