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The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2007: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on December 27, 2007Waning Gibbous

Thursday 27 December 2007379,551 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 2007, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.2% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
379,551 km235,842 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2007 is on Monday, December 24, 2007 at 01:16 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 11:37 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 24, 200701:16
Last Quarter (after)Monday, December 31, 200707:51

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 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.