Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°
Moon age
13.0days
Moon phase on December 5, 2014Waxing Gibbous
On Friday, December 5, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
383,044 km238,012 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 5, 2014 is on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 12:27 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 12:32 UTC, 13 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, November 29, 2014 | 10:06 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, December 6, 2014 | 12:27 |
The Moon around December 5
More about this date
Friday, December 5, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2014, or the whole moon calendar 2014.
- The same date one year apart: 2013 · 2015.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.