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The Moon on Thursday, December 28, 2028: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on December 28, 2028Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 December 2028392,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 28, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
392,035 km243,599 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 2028 is on Sunday, December 31, 2028 at 16:48 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 16, 2028 at 02:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Thursday, December 28, 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.