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The Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2051: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Full Moon at

16:05UTC

Moon phase on December 17, 2051Full Moon

Sunday 17 December 2051363,956 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 17, 2051, the Moon will be a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happens at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
363,956 km226,152 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Cold Moon, 364,431 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 2051 is on Sunday, December 17, 2051 at 16:05 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 3, 2051 at 09:37 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 11, 205100:07
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, December 17, 205116:05
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 24, 205123:21

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Sunday, December 17, 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.