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The Moon on Tuesday, December 25, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on December 25, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 25 December 2012406,027 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 25, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
406,027 km252,293 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 2012 is on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:21 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 08:42 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, December 20, 201205:19
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 28, 201210:21

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Tuesday, December 25, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 2012 to the new moon of January 11, 2013, a cycle of 29.46 days.