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The Moon on Saturday, October 23, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on October 23, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 October 2004376,816 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 23, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.6% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
376,816 km234,143 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 2004 is on Thursday, October 28, 2004 at 03:08 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 02:48 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Saturday, October 23, 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.