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The Moon on Sunday, December 12, 2027: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on December 12, 2027Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 12 December 2027372,859 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 12, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
372,859 km231,684 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2027 is on Monday, December 13, 2027 at 16:09 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 28, 2027 at 03:24 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Sunday, December 12, 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.