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The Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on December 30, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 30 December 2017362,107 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 30, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.9% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
362,107 km225,003 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 2017 is on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 02:24 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 18, 2017 at 06:31 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Saturday, December 30, 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.