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The Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on December 6, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 6 December 2008385,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 6, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.4% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
385,643 km239,628 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 2008 is on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 16:37 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 16:55 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 5, 200821:26
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 12, 200816:37

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Saturday, December 6, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 27, 2008 to the new moon of December 27, 2008, a cycle of 29.81 days.