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The Moon on Sunday, December 26, 2004: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Full Moon at

15:07UTC

Moon phase on December 26, 2004Full Moon

Sunday 26 December 2004405,928 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 26, 2004, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
405,928 km252,232 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 406,031 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 18, 200416:40
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, December 26, 200415:07
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 3, 200517:46

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Sunday, December 26, 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.