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The Moon on Friday, December 16, 1994: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on December 16, 1994Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 December 1994405,484 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 16, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
405,484 km251,956 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1994 is on Sunday, December 18, 1994 at 02:17 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 2, 1994 at 23:54 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Friday, December 16, 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.