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The Moon on Saturday, December 19, 2048: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on December 19, 2048Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 19 December 2048405,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 19, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
405,630 km252,047 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 2048 is on Sunday, December 20, 2048 at 06:39 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 5, 2048 at 15:30 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Saturday, December 19, 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.