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The Moon on Friday, December 15, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 65.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on December 15, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 December 2056399,688 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 15, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 65.9% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
399,688 km248,354 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 2056 is on Friday, December 22, 2056 at 01:34 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 6, 2056 at 22:31 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 13, 205620:54
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 22, 205601:34

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Friday, December 15, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 6, 2056 to the new moon of January 5, 2057, a cycle of 29.47 days.