Waxing · 82.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°
Moon age
11.0days
Moon phase on December 10, 2016Waxing Gibbous
On Saturday, December 10, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.6% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
82.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
363,671 km225,975 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 10, 2016 is on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 00:06 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 12:18 UTC, 11 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Wednesday, December 7, 2016 | 09:03 |
| Full Moon (after) | Wednesday, December 14, 2016 | 00:06 |
The Moon around December 10
More about this date
Saturday, December 10, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 29, 2016 to the new moon of December 29, 2016, a cycle of 29.77 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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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.