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The Moon on Friday, December 14, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on December 14, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Friday 14 December 2040386,715 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 14, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
386,715 km240,293 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 2040 is on Tuesday, December 18, 2040 at 12:16 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 4, 2040 at 07:33 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Friday, December 14, 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.