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The Moon on Friday, December 15, 2051: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on December 15, 2051Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 December 2051361,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 15, 2051, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 93.3% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
361,823 km224,826 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 2051 is on Sunday, December 17, 2051 at 16:05 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 3, 2051 at 09:37 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 11, 205100:07
Full Moon (after)Sunday, December 17, 205116:05

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Friday, December 15, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 3, 2051 to the new moon of January 2, 2052, a cycle of 29.73 days.