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The Moon on Sunday, October 31, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on October 31, 2004Waning Gibbous

Sunday 31 October 2004402,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 31, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
402,255 km249,950 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 2004 is on Thursday, October 28, 2004 at 03:08 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 12, 2004 at 14:27 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 28, 200403:08
Last Quarter (after)Friday, November 5, 200405:54

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Sunday, October 31, 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.