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The Moon on Friday, December 26, 2042: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Full Moon at

17:43UTC

Moon phase on December 26, 2042Full Moon

Friday 26 December 2042368,620 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 26, 2042, the Moon will be a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happens at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
368,620 km229,050 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 369,411 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2042 is on Friday, December 26, 2042 at 17:43 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 12, 2042 at 14:30 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 20, 204200:27
Full Moon (this day)Friday, December 26, 204217:43
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 3, 204306:08

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Friday, December 26, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 12, 2042 to the new moon of January 11, 2043, a cycle of 29.68 days.