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The Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on December 4, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 4 December 2014379,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 4, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
379,767 km235,976 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 2014 is on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 12:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 12:32 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, November 29, 201410:06
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 6, 201412:27

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Thursday, December 4, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 22, 2014 to the new moon of December 22, 2014, a cycle of 29.54 days.