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The Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 2055: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on December 29, 2055Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 29 December 2055401,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 29, 2055, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
401,397 km249,416 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 2055 is on Sunday, January 2, 2056 at 22:06 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 18, 2055 at 08:15 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Wednesday, December 29, 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.