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The Moon on Thursday, December 27, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on December 27, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 December 2012405,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 27, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
405,152 km251,750 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2012 is on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:21 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 08:42 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Thursday, December 27, 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.