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The Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on December 15, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 December 2010401,414 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 15, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.9% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
401,414 km249,427 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 2010 is on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 08:14 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 17:36 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 13, 201013:59
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 21, 201008:14

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Wednesday, December 15, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 2010 to the new moon of January 4, 2011, a cycle of 29.64 days.