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The Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on December 16, 2004Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 December 2004368,545 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 16, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.6% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
368,545 km229,003 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2004 is on Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 15:07 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 12, 2004 at 01:29 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Thursday, December 16, 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.