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The Moon on Monday, December 20, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

14.8days

Moon phase on December 20, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Monday 20 December 2010380,017 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 20, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
380,017 km236,131 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2010 is on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 08:14 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 17:36 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Monday, December 20, 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.