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The Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on December 23, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 December 2015370,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 23, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.9% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
370,456 km230,191 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2015 is on Friday, December 25, 2015 at 11:12 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 11, 2015 at 10:30 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 18, 201515:14
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 25, 201511:12

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Wednesday, December 23, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 11, 2015 to the new moon of January 10, 2016, a cycle of 29.63 days.