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The Moon on Sunday, October 24, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on October 24, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 October 2004379,642 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 24, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.0% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
379,642 km235,899 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 2004 is on Thursday, October 28, 2004 at 03:08 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 02:48 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Sunday, October 24, 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.