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The Moon on Sunday, December 23, 2007: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on December 23, 2007Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 December 2007361,772 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 23, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
361,772 km224,795 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2007 is on Monday, December 24, 2007 at 01:16 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 17:41 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Sunday, December 23, 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.