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The Moon on Sunday, December 24, 2028: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on December 24, 2028Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 December 2028404,137 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 24, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 55.7% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
404,137 km251,119 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 2028 is on Sunday, December 31, 2028 at 16:48 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 16, 2028 at 02:06 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 23, 202821:45
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 31, 202816:48

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Sunday, December 24, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 2028 to the new moon of January 14, 2029, a cycle of 29.64 days.