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The Moon on Friday, December 17, 2004: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on December 17, 2004Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 December 2004373,847 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 17, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.2% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
373,847 km232,298 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2004 is on Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 15:07 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 12, 2004 at 01:29 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Friday, December 17, 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.