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The Moon on Thursday, December 11, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on December 11, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 December 2008358,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 11, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
358,532 km222,782 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 2008 is on Friday, December 12, 2008 at 16:37 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 16:55 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Thursday, December 11, 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.