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The Moon on Friday, December 21, 2007: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on December 21, 2007Waxing Gibbous

Friday 21 December 2007361,493 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 21, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
361,493 km224,621 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 2007 is on Monday, December 24, 2007 at 01:16 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 17:41 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Friday, December 21, 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.