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The Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2052: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on December 5, 2052Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 5 December 2052357,184 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 5, 2052, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
357,184 km221,944 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 2052 is on Friday, December 6, 2052 at 07:18 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 21, 2052 at 09:02 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, November 29, 205212:16
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 6, 205207:18

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Thursday, December 5, 2052 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 21, 2052 to the new moon of December 21, 2052, a cycle of 29.80 days.