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The Moon on Thursday, December 20, 2007: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on December 20, 2007Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 December 2007363,635 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 20, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.5% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
363,635 km225,952 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2007 is on Monday, December 24, 2007 at 01:16 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 17:41 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 17, 200710:18
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 24, 200701:16

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Thursday, December 20, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 9, 2007 to the new moon of January 8, 2008, a cycle of 29.75 days.