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The Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

7.8days

Moon phase on December 22, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 22 December 2020402,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 22, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.0% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
402,058 km249,827 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2020 is on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 03:28 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 16:17 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 21, 202023:41
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, December 30, 202003:28

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Tuesday, December 22, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2020 to the new moon of January 13, 2021, a cycle of 29.53 days.