Waning · 99.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°
Full Moon at
04:08UTC
Moon phase on December 8, 2022Full Moon
On Thursday, December 8, 2022, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
401,042 km249,196 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Cold Moon, 400,231 km from Earth.
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 8, 2022 is on Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 04:08 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 22:57 UTC, 15 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Wednesday, November 30, 2022 | 14:37 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Thursday, December 8, 2022 | 04:08 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, December 16, 2022 | 08:56 |
The Moon around December 8
More about this date
Thursday, December 8, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 23, 2022 to the new moon of December 23, 2022, a cycle of 29.47 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 2022, or the whole moon calendar 2022.
- The same date one year apart: 2021 · 2023.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.