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The Moon on Wednesday, December 10, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on December 10, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 10 December 2008362,148 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 10, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
362,148 km225,028 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 2008 is on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 16:37 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 16:55 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Wednesday, December 10, 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.