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The Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on December 28, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 December 2017372,826 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 28, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.2% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
372,826 km231,663 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 2017 is on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 02:24 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 2017 at 06:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Thursday, December 28, 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.