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The Moon on Monday, December 13, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on December 13, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Monday 13 December 2021398,188 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 13, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.6% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
398,188 km247,423 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 2021 is on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 04:36 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 07:43 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 11, 202101:36
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 19, 202104:36

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Monday, December 13, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 2021 to the new moon of January 2, 2022, a cycle of 29.45 days.