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The Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on December 7, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 7 December 2011404,378 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 7, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.2% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
404,378 km251,269 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 2011 is on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 14:37 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 06:10 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 2, 201109:52
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 10, 201114:37

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 25, 2011 to the new moon of December 24, 2011, a cycle of 29.50 days.