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The Moon on Thursday, December 15, 1994: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on December 15, 1994Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 December 1994405,996 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 15, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
405,996 km252,274 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1994 is on Sunday, December 18, 1994 at 02:17 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 2, 1994 at 23:54 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 9, 199421:06
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 18, 199402:17

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Thursday, December 15, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 2, 1994 to the new moon of January 1, 1995, a cycle of 29.46 days.