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The Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2046: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on December 9, 2046Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 9 December 2046402,626 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 9, 2046, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
402,626 km250,180 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 2046 is on Thursday, December 13, 2046 at 09:55 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 27, 2046 at 21:50 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Sunday, December 9, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 27, 2046 to the new moon of December 27, 2046, a cycle of 29.53 days.