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The Moon on Saturday, December 25, 2004: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on December 25, 2004Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 25 December 2004404,790 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 25, 2004, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
404,790 km251,525 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 2004 is on Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 15:07 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 12, 2004 at 01:29 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Saturday, December 25, 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.