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The Moon on Friday, December 6, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on December 6, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 December 2019403,310 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 6, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.4% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
403,310 km250,605 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 2019 is on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 05:12 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 15:06 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Friday, December 6, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 26, 2019 to the new moon of December 26, 2019, a cycle of 29.59 days.