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The Moon on Friday, December 13, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on December 13, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Friday 13 December 2024365,904 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 13, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.1% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
365,904 km227,362 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 2024 is on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 09:02 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 06:22 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Friday, December 13, 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.