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The Moon on Sunday, December 31, 2028: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Full Moon at

16:48UTC

Moon phase on December 31, 2028Full Moon

Sunday 31 December 2028378,386 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 31, 2028, the Moon will be a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happens at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
378,386 km235,118 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 377,592 km from Earth. Blue Moon (monthly)Total lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2028 is on Sunday, December 31, 2028 at 16:48 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 14, 2029 at 17:25 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 23, 202821:45
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, December 31, 202816:48
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 7, 202913:26

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Sunday, December 31, 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.