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The Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 69.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on December 11, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 11 December 2013385,560 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 11, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.6% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
385,560 km239,575 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 2013 is on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at 09:28 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 00:22 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 9, 201315:12
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 17, 201309:28

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Wednesday, December 11, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 3, 2013 to the new moon of January 1, 2014, a cycle of 29.45 days.