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The Moon on Friday, December 10, 2004: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on December 10, 2004Waning Crescent

Friday 10 December 2004363,313 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 10, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
363,313 km225,752 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 2004 is on Friday, November 26, 2004 at 20:08 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 12, 2004 at 01:29 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 5, 200400:53
New Moon (after)Sunday, December 12, 200401:29

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Friday, December 10, 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.