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The Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1994: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on December 17, 1994Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 December 1994404,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 17, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
404,307 km251,224 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1994 is on Sunday, December 18, 1994 at 02:17 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 2, 1994 at 23:54 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Saturday, December 17, 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.