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The Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 2047: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on December 31, 2047Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 December 2047400,969 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 31, 2047, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
400,969 km249,150 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 2047 is on Wednesday, January 1, 2048 at 06:57 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 16, 2047 at 23:38 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Tuesday, December 31, 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.