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The Moon on Saturday, December 26, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on December 26, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 26 December 2020403,236 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 26, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
403,236 km250,559 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2020 is on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 03:28 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 16:17 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Saturday, December 26, 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.