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The Moon on Friday, December 22, 2045: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on December 22, 2045Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 December 2045375,580 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 22, 2045, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
375,580 km233,375 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 2045 is on Sunday, December 24, 2045 at 00:49 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 8, 2045 at 11:41 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Friday, December 22, 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.