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The Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 2027: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on December 8, 2027Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 8 December 2027394,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 8, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 71.5% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
394,035 km244,842 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 2027 is on Monday, December 13, 2027 at 16:09 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 28, 2027 at 03:24 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 6, 202705:22
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 13, 202716:09

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Wednesday, December 8, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 28, 2027 to the new moon of December 27, 2027, a cycle of 29.70 days.