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The Moon on Thursday, December 26, 2047: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on December 26, 2047Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 December 2047404,210 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 26, 2047, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 72.6% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
404,210 km251,165 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 2047 is on Wednesday, January 1, 2048 at 06:57 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 16, 2047 at 23:38 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 24, 204701:51
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, January 1, 204806:57

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Thursday, December 26, 2047 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 16, 2047 to the new moon of January 15, 2048, a cycle of 29.50 days.