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The Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 2028: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on December 27, 2028Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 December 2028396,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 27, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 81.9% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
396,367 km246,291 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2028 is on Sunday, December 31, 2028 at 16:48 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 16, 2028 at 02:06 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Wednesday, December 27, 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.