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The Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 2028: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on December 26, 2028Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 December 2028400,007 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 26, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 73.8% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
400,007 km248,553 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2028 is on Sunday, December 31, 2028 at 16:48 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 16, 2028 at 02:06 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Tuesday, December 26, 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.