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The Moon on Monday, December 12, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on December 12, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Monday 12 December 2016358,664 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 12, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
358,664 km222,863 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2016 is on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 00:06 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 12:18 UTC, 13 days earlier.

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Monday, December 12, 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.