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The Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 2045: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on December 20, 2045Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 December 2045386,279 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 20, 2045, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 85.3% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
386,279 km240,022 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 2045 is on Sunday, December 24, 2045 at 00:49 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 8, 2045 at 11:41 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Wednesday, December 20, 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.