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The Moon on Thursday, December 13, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on December 13, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 13 December 2040383,074 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 13, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 76.3% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
383,074 km238,031 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 2040 is on Tuesday, December 18, 2040 at 12:16 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 4, 2040 at 07:33 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Thursday, December 13, 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.