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The Moon on Friday, December 24, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on December 24, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 December 2004403,046 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 24, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
403,046 km250,441 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 2004 is on Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 15:07 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 12, 2004 at 01:29 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 18, 200416:40
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 26, 200415:07

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Friday, December 24, 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.