Waning · 99.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°
Full Moon at
00:06UTC
Moon phase on December 14, 2016Full Moon
On Wednesday, December 14, 2016, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
360,613 km224,074 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Cold Moon, 359,440 km from Earth. Supermoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 14, 2016 is on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 00:06 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 06:53 UTC, 15 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Wednesday, December 7, 2016 | 09:03 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Wednesday, December 14, 2016 | 00:06 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, December 21, 2016 | 01:56 |
The Moon around December 14
More about this date
Wednesday, December 14, 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.