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The Moon on Friday, October 22, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on October 22, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 October 2004374,256 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 22, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.7% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
374,256 km232,552 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2004 is on Thursday, October 28, 2004 at 03:08 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 02:48 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 20, 200421:59
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 28, 200403:08

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Friday, October 22, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 14, 2004 to the new moon of November 12, 2004, a cycle of 29.49 days.