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The Moon on Saturday, December 30, 2028: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on December 30, 2028Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 30 December 2028382,690 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 30, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
382,690 km237,792 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 2028 is on Sunday, December 31, 2028 at 16:48 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 16, 2028 at 02:06 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Saturday, December 30, 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.