Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 2036: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on December 31, 2036Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 December 2036370,500 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 31, 2036, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
370,500 km230,218 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2036 is on Friday, January 2, 2037 at 02:35 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 17, 2036 at 15:34 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, December 25, 203619:45
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 2, 203702:35

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Wednesday, December 31, 2036 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 2036 to the new moon of January 16, 2037, a cycle of 29.75 days.