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The Moon on Friday, December 18, 2048: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on December 18, 2048Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 December 2048404,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 18, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
404,371 km251,264 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2048 is on Sunday, December 20, 2048 at 06:39 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 5, 2048 at 15:30 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 12, 204807:29
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 20, 204806:39

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Friday, December 18, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 2048 to the new moon of January 4, 2049, a cycle of 29.45 days.