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The Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2055: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on December 28, 2055Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 28 December 2055403,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 28, 2055, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 73.4% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
403,508 km250,728 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 2055 is on Sunday, January 2, 2056 at 22:06 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 18, 2055 at 08:15 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 25, 205522:29
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 2, 205622:06

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Tuesday, December 28, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 2055 to the new moon of January 16, 2056, a cycle of 29.58 days.