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The Moon on Saturday, December 14, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on December 14, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 14 December 2024367,742 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 14, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
367,742 km228,504 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 2024 is on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 09:02 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 06:22 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Saturday, December 14, 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.