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The Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on December 27, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 December 2017378,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 27, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.8% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
378,949 km235,468 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2017 is on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 02:24 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 2017 at 06:31 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 26, 201709:20
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 2, 201802:24

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Wednesday, December 27, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 2017 to the new moon of January 17, 2018, a cycle of 29.82 days.