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The Moon on Friday, December 29, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on December 29, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Friday 29 December 2017367,040 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 29, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.8% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
367,040 km228,068 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 2017 is on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 02:24 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 2017 at 06:31 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Friday, December 29, 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.