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The Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on December 31, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 December 2014381,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 31, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.2% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
381,853 km237,272 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2014 is on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 04:54 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 22, 2014 at 01:36 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Wednesday, December 31, 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.