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The Moon on Friday, December 23, 2050: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on December 23, 2050Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 December 2050372,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 23, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 75.3% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
372,070 km231,194 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 2050 is on Wednesday, December 28, 2050 at 05:15 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 14, 2050 at 05:18 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Friday, December 23, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2050 to the new moon of January 12, 2051, a cycle of 29.57 days.