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The Moon on Monday, December 18, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on December 18, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 December 2056405,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 18, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 89.0% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
405,885 km252,205 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 2056 is on Friday, December 22, 2056 at 01:34 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 6, 2056 at 22:31 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Monday, December 18, 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.