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The Moon on Wednesday, December 12, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 66.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

8.2days

Moon phase on December 12, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 December 2040379,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 12, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 66.6% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
379,314 km235,695 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 2040 is on Tuesday, December 18, 2040 at 12:16 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 4, 2040 at 07:33 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 10, 204023:30
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 18, 204012:16

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Wednesday, December 12, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 2040 to the new moon of January 2, 2041, a cycle of 29.48 days.