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The Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on October 26, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 October 2004386,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 26, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
386,029 km239,867 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 2004 is on Thursday, October 28, 2004 at 03:08 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 02:48 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Tuesday, October 26, 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.