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The Moon on Saturday, December 18, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on December 18, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 December 2010389,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 18, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.0% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
389,456 km241,996 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2010 is on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 08:14 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 17:36 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Saturday, December 18, 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.