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The Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2045: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on December 17, 2045Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 December 2045400,190 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 17, 2045, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 59.2% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
400,190 km248,667 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2045 is on Sunday, December 24, 2045 at 00:49 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 8, 2045 at 11:41 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 16, 204513:08
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 24, 204500:49

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Sunday, December 17, 2045 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 8, 2045 to the new moon of January 7, 2046, a cycle of 29.70 days.