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The Moon on Monday, December 9, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 59.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

8.2days

Moon phase on December 9, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Monday 9 December 2024369,934 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 9, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.8% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
369,934 km229,866 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 2024 is on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 09:02 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 06:22 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, December 8, 202415:27
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 15, 202409:02

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Monday, December 9, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 1, 2024 to the new moon of December 30, 2024, a cycle of 29.67 days.