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The Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on December 14, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 14 December 2021401,491 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 14, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.7% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
401,491 km249,475 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 2021 is on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 04:36 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 07:43 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Tuesday, December 14, 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.