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The Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on December 23, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 December 2020404,146 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 23, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.3% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
404,146 km251,125 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2020 is on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 03:28 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 16:17 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Wednesday, December 23, 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.