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The Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on December 8, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 8 December 2011402,658 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 8, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
402,658 km250,200 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 2011 is on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 14:37 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 06:10 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Thursday, December 8, 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.