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The Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 1995: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on December 5, 1995Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 5 December 1995401,311 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 5, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
401,311 km249,363 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1995 is on Thursday, December 7, 1995 at 01:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 22, 1995 at 15:43 UTC, 13 days earlier.

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Tuesday, December 5, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 22, 1995 to the new moon of December 22, 1995, a cycle of 29.44 days.