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The Moon on Monday, December 28, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on December 28, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Monday 28 December 2020398,166 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 28, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
398,166 km247,409 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 2020 is on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 03:28 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 16:17 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Monday, December 28, 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.