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The Moon on Saturday, December 28, 2047: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on December 28, 2047Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 December 2047405,539 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 28, 2047, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
405,539 km251,990 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 2047 is on Wednesday, January 1, 2048 at 06:57 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 16, 2047 at 23:38 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Saturday, December 28, 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.