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The Moon on Wednesday, December 26, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on December 26, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 December 2012405,945 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 26, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
405,945 km252,243 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2012 is on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:21 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 08:42 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Wednesday, December 26, 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.