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The Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on December 14, 2004Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 14 December 2004360,340 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 14, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.0% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
360,340 km223,905 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 2004 is on Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 15:07 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 12, 2004 at 01:29 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 12, 200401:29
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 18, 200416:40

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Tuesday, December 14, 2004 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 2004 to the new moon of January 10, 2005, a cycle of 29.44 days.