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The Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on December 1, 2004Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 1 December 2004405,425 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.5% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
405,425 km251,919 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 2004 is on Friday, November 26, 2004 at 20:08 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 12, 2004 at 01:29 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, November 26, 200420:08
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 5, 200400:53

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Wednesday, December 1, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 12, 2004 to the new moon of December 12, 2004, a cycle of 29.46 days.