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The Moon on Sunday, December 19, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on December 19, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 19 December 2010384,640 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 19, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
384,640 km239,004 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2010 is on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 08:14 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 17:36 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Sunday, December 19, 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.