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The Moon on Thursday, December 30, 2055: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on December 30, 2055Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 30 December 2055398,379 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 30, 2055, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
398,379 km247,541 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 2055 is on Sunday, January 2, 2056 at 22:06 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 18, 2055 at 08:15 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Thursday, December 30, 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.