Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°
Full Moon at
16:16UTC
Moon phase on December 15, 2005Full Moon
On Thursday, December 15, 2005, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
392,172 km243,684 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Cold Moon, 392,783 km from Earth.
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 15, 2005 is on Thursday, December 15, 2005 at 16:16 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 1, 2005 at 15:01 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Thursday, December 8, 2005 | 09:36 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Thursday, December 15, 2005 | 16:16 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, December 23, 2005 | 19:36 |
The Moon around December 15
More about this date
Thursday, December 15, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 1, 2005 to the new moon of December 31, 2005, a cycle of 29.51 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2005, or the whole moon calendar 2005.
- The same date one year apart: 2004 · 2006.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.