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The Moon on Wednesday, December 19, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on December 19, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 19 December 2018378,663 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 19, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
378,663 km235,290 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2018 is on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 17:49 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 7, 2018 at 07:21 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Wednesday, December 19, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 7, 2018 to the new moon of January 6, 2019, a cycle of 29.76 days.