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The Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2038: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on December 9, 2038Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 9 December 2038405,612 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 9, 2038, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
405,612 km252,035 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 2038 is on Saturday, December 11, 2038 at 17:31 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 26, 2038 at 13:47 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 3, 203812:46
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 11, 203817:31

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Thursday, December 9, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 26, 2038 to the new moon of December 26, 2038, a cycle of 29.47 days.