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The Moon on Monday, December 27, 2004: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on December 27, 2004Waning Gibbous

Monday 27 December 2004406,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 27, 2004, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
406,447 km252,555 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2004 is on Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 15:07 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 10, 2005 at 12:03 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, December 26, 200415:07
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 3, 200517:46

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Monday, December 27, 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.