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The Moon on Monday, December 29, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on December 29, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Monday 29 December 2014375,054 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 29, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.2% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
375,054 km233,048 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 2014 is on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 04:54 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 22, 2014 at 01:36 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 28, 201418:32
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 5, 201504:54

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Monday, December 29, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 2014 to the new moon of January 20, 2015, a cycle of 29.48 days.