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The Moon on Saturday, December 22, 2007: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on December 22, 2007Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 December 2007360,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 22, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
360,810 km224,197 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2007 is on Monday, December 24, 2007 at 01:16 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 17:41 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Saturday, December 22, 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.